Expression of a bacterial 3-dehydroshikimate dehydratase reduces lignin content and improves biomass saccharification efficiency

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1241-1250

  Eudes, Aymerick ^a,b   Sathitsuksanoh, Noppadon ^a,c   Baidoo, Edward E K ^a,b   George, Anthe ^a,c   Liang, Yan ^a,b   Yang, Fan ^a,b   Singh, Seema ^a,c   Keasling, Jay D ^a,b,d   Simmons, Blake A ^a,c   Loqué, Dominique ^a,b  

^a JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Cell wall; Lignin; Lignin polymerization degree; QsuB; Saccharification

Indexed keywords

3-DEHYDROSHIKIMATE DEHYDRATASE; HYDROLYASE; LIGNIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL WALL; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDRO-LYASES; LIGNIN; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS;

EID: 84955213909     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12310     Document Type: Article

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