Introduction of chemically labile substructures into Arabidopsis lignin through the use of LigD, the Cα-dehydrogenase from Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 821-832

  Tsuji, Yukiko ^a   Vanholme, Ruben ^b,c   Tobimatsu, Yuki ^d,e,k   Ishikawa, Yasuyuki ^a   Foster, Clifton E ^e,f   Kamimura, Naofumi ^g   Hishiyama, Shojiro ^h   Hashimoto, Saki ^a   Shino, Amiu ⁱ   Hara, Hirofumi ^j   Sato Izawa, Kanna ^a   Oyarce, Paula ^b,c   Goeminne, Geert ^b,c   Morreel, Kris ^b,c   Kikuchi, Jun ⁱ   Takano, Toshiyuki ^k   Fukuda, Masao ^g   Katayama, Yoshihiro ^l   Boerjan, Wout ^b,c   Ralph, John ^d,e   Masai, Eiji ^g   Kajita, Shinya ^a   more..

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e USA   (United States)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^h FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

ⁱ RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science   (Japan)

^j MALAYSIA JAPAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^k KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; C dehydrogenase; Lignin biosynthesis; NMR; Sphingobium sp.SYK 6

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; NEGIBACTERIA; SPHINGOBIUM;

LIGNIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL WALL; DIMERIZATION; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; SPHINGOMONADACEAE;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL WALL; DIMERIZATION; LIGNIN; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENOLS; SPHINGOMONADACEAE;

EID: 84936846642     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12316     Document Type: Article

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