Monolignol ferulate transferase introduces chemically labile linkages into the lignin backbone

Science

Volumn 344, Issue 6179, 2014, Pages 90-93

  Wilkerson, C G ^a,b   Mansfield, S D ^c   Lu, F ^d   Withers, S ^a,e   Park, J Y ^c   Karlen, S D ^d   Gonzales Vigil, E ^c   Padmakshan, D ^d   Unda, F ^c   Rencoret, J ^d,f   Ralph, J ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGNIN; MONOLIGNOL FERULATE TRANSFERASE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACYLTRANSFERASE; COUMARIC ACID; FERULIC ACID;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTER; GENE EXPRESSION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; LIGNIN; POLYMER; TREE;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ENZYME KINETICS; LIGNIFICATION; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; XYLEM; ANGELICA SINENSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PLANT GENE; PLANT ROOT; POPULUS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TREE;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANGELICA SINENSIS; CELL WALL; COUMARIC ACIDS; GENES, PLANT; LIGNIN; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULUS; TREES;

EID: 84897551831     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1250161     Document Type: Article

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