Complete proteomic-based enzyme reaction and inhibition kinetics reveal how monolignol biosynthetic enzyme families affect metabolic flux and lignin in Populus trichocarpa

Plant Cell

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 894-914

  Wang, Jack P ^a,b   Naik, Punith P ^b   Chen, Hsi Chuan ^b   Shi, Rui ^b   Lin, Chien Yuan ^b   Liu, Jie ^b   Shuford, Christopher M ^b   Li, Quanzi ^a,b,c   Sun, Ying Hsuan ^d   Tunlaya Anukit, Sermsawat ^b   Williams, Cranos M ^e   Muddiman, David C ^b   Ducoste, Joel J ^b   Sederoff, Ronald R ^b   Chiang, Vincent L ^a,b  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGNIN; PROTEOME; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; POPULUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

KINETICS; LIGNIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POPULUS; PROTEOME;

EID: 84899150986     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.120881     Document Type: Article

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