Genome-edited rice deficient in two 4-COUMARATE:COENZYME A LIGASE genes displays diverse lignin alterations

Termite Gut Microbiota Contribution to Wheat Straw Delignification in Anaerobic Bioreactors

(2021) Louison Dumond et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Tricin Biosynthesis and Bioengineering

(2021) Pui Ying Lam et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Enzyme Complexes of Ptr4CL and PtrHCT Modulate Co-enzyme A Ligation of Hydroxycinnamic Acids for Monolignol Biosynthesis in Populus trichocarpa

(2021) Chien-Yuan Lin et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Compensatory guaiacyl lignin biosynthesis at the expense of syringyl lignin in 4CL1-knockout poplar

(2020) Chung-Jui Tsai et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Grass secondary cell walls, Brachypodium distachyon as a model for discovery

(2020) Joshua H. Coomey et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Lignin Monomers from beyond the Canonical Monolignol Biosynthetic Pathway: Another Brick in the Wall

(2020) José C. del Río et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Dysfunction of the 4‐coumarate:coenzyme A ligase 4CL4 impacts aluminum resistance and lignin accumulation in rice

(2020) Shuo Liu et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

OsMYB108 loss-of-function enriches p -coumaroylated and tricin lignin units in rice cell walls

(2019) Takuji Miyamoto et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Mutation of 4-coumarate: coenzyme A ligase 1 gene affects lignin biosynthesis and increases the cell wall digestibility in maize brown midrib5 mutants

(2019) Wangdan Xiong et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Silencing of a BAHD acyltransferase in sugarcane increases biomass digestibility

(2019) Wagner Rodrigo de Souza et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Lignin engineering to improve saccharification and digestibility in grasses

(2019) Claire Halpin   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Lignin biosynthesis and its integration into metabolism

(2019) Ruben Vanholme et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Lignin structure and its engineering

(2019) John Ralph et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Formation of Flavonoid Metabolons: Functional Significance of Protein-Protein Interactions and Impact on Flavonoid Chemodiversity

(2019) Toru Nakayama et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Lignin biosynthesis: old roads revisited and new roads explored

(2019) Richard A. Dixon et al.   Open Biology

MEGA X: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis across Computing Platforms

(2018) Sudhir Kumar et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Suppression of a single BAHD gene in Setaria viridis causes large, stable decreases in cell wall feruloylation and increases biomass digestibility

(2018) Wagner R. de Souza et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Lignin modification in planta for valorization

(2018) Toshiaki Umezawa   PHYTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Downregulation of p-COUMAROYL ESTER 3-HYDROXYLASE in rice leads to altered cell wall structures and improves biomass saccharification

(2018) Yuri Takeda et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Commelinid Monocotyledon Lignins Are Acylated byp-Coumarate

(2018) Steven D. Karlen et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Stacking of a low-lignin trait with an increased guaiacyl and 5-hydroxyguaiacyl unit trait leads to additive and synergistic effects on saccharification efficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2018) Lisanne de Vries et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Structural, functional and evolutionary diversity of 4-coumarate-CoA ligase in plants

(2018) Santosh G. Lavhale et al.   PLANTA

NMR studies on lignocellulose deconstructions in the digestive system of the lower termite Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki

(2018) Didi Tarmadi et al.   Scientific Reports

Lignin characterization of rice CONIFERALDEHYDE 5-HYDROXYLASE loss-of-function mutants generated with the CRISPR/Cas9 system

(2018) Yuri Takeda et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Lignin polymerization: how do plants manage the chemistry so well?

(2018) Yuki Tobimatsu et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

CRISPR-P 2.0: An Improved CRISPR-Cas9 Tool for Genome Editing in Plants

(2017) Hao Liu et al.   Molecular Plant

Expression atlas and comparative coexpression network analyses reveal important genes involved in the formation of lignified cell wall in Brachypodium distachyon

(2017) Richard Sibout et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Disrupting Flavone Synthase II Alters Lignin and Improves Biomass Digestibility

(2017) Pui Ying Lam et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Regulation of CONIFERALDEHYDE 5-HYDROXYLASE expression to modulate cell wall lignin structure in rice

(2017) Yuri Takeda et al.   PLANTA

Grass Cell Walls: A Story of Cross-Linking

(2017) Ronald D. Hatfield et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Enzymatic activities for lignin monomer intermediates highlight the biosynthetic pathway of syringyl monomers in Robinia pseudoacacia

(2016) Jun Shigeto et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH

Precision breeding for RNAi suppression of a major 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase gene improves cell wall saccharification from field grown sugarcane

(2016) Je Hyeong Jung et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Monolignol ferulate conjugates are naturally incorporated into plant lignins

(2016) S. D. Karlen et al.   Science Advances

The cell biology of lignification in higher plants

(2015) Jaime Barros et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

4-Coumaroyl and Caffeoyl Shikimic Acids Inhibit 4-Coumaric Acid:Coenzyme A Ligases and Modulate Metabolic Flux for 3-Hydroxylation in Monolignol Biosynthesis of Populus trichocarpa

(2015) Chien-Yuan Lin et al.   Molecular Plant

Exploiting SNPs for biallelic CRISPR mutations in the outcrossing woody perennialPopulusreveals 4-coumarate:CoA ligase specificity and redundancy

(2015) Xiaohong Zhou et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Manipulation of Guaiacyl and Syringyl Monomer Biosynthesis in an Arabidopsis Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase Mutant Results in Atypical Lignin Biosynthesis and Modified Cell Wall Structure

(2015) Nickolas A. Anderson et al.   PLANT CELL

Comparison of CRISPR/Cas9 expression constructs for efficient targeted mutagenesis in rice

(2015) Masafumi Mikami et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Tricin, a Flavonoid Monomer in Monocot Lignification

(2015) Wu Lan et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Ectopic Expression of a Loblolly Pine Class II 4-Coumarate:CoA Ligase Alters Soluble Phenylpropanoid Metabolism but not Lignin Biosynthesis in Populus

(2014) Han-Yi Chen et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Systems Biology of Lignin Biosynthesis inPopulus trichocarpa: Heteromeric 4-Coumaric Acid:Coenzyme A Ligase Protein Complex Formation, Regulation, and Numerical Modeling

(2014) Hsi-Chuan Chen et al.   PLANT CELL

Divergent and Overlapping Function of Five 4-Coumarate/Coenzyme A Ligases from Populus tomentosa

(2014) Guodong Rao et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTER

Lignin biosynthesis perturbations affect secondary cell wall composition and saccharification yield in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2013) Rebecca Van Acker et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Characterization of 5-Hydroxyconiferaldehyde O-Methyltransferase in Oryza sativa

(2013) Taichi Koshiba et al.   Plant Biotechnology

Coexistence but Independent Biosynthesis of Catechyl and Guaiacyl/Syringyl Lignin Polymers in Seed Coats

(2013) Y. Tobimatsu et al.   PLANT CELL

Monolignol Pathway 4-Coumaric Acid:Coenzyme A Ligases in Populus. trichocarpa: Novel Specificity, Metabolic Regulation, and Simulation of Coenzyme A Ligation Fluxes

(2013) H.-C. Chen et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Analysis of five rice 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase enzyme activity and stress response for potential roles in lignin and flavonoid biosynthesis in rice

(2012) Haiyan Sun et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Structural Characterization of Wheat Straw Lignin as Revealed by Analytical Pyrolysis, 2D-NMR, and Reductive Cleavage Methods

(2012) José C. del Río et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Whole plant cell wall characterization using solution-state 2D NMR

(2012) Shawn D Mansfield et al.   Nature Protocols

RiceXPro Version 3.0: expanding the informatics resource for rice transcriptome

(2012) Yutaka Sato et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Characterization of Jatropha curcas lignins

(2012) Masaomi Yamamura et al.   Plant Biotechnology

Rapid analysis of transgenic rice straw using near-infrared spectroscopy

(2012) Takefumi Hattori et al.   Plant Biotechnology

Protein-Protein and Protein-Membrane Associations in the Lignin Pathway

(2012) J.-E. Bassard et al.   PLANT CELL

Brown midrib2 (Bmr2) encodes the major 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase involved in lignin biosynthesis in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench)

(2012) Ana Saballos et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Syntheses of Lignin-Derived Thioacidolysis Monomers and Their Uses as Quantitation Standards

(2011) Fengxia Yue et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Silencing of 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase in switchgrass leads to reduced lignin content and improved fermentable sugar yields for biofuel production

(2011) Bin Xu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Phytozome: a comparative platform for green plant genomics

(2011) David M. Goodstein et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Occurrence of guaiacyl/p-hydroxyphenyl lignin in Arabidopsis thaliana T87 cells

(2011) Masaomi Yamamura et al.   Plant Biotechnology

Functional Characterization of Evolutionarily Divergent 4-Coumarate:Coenzyme A Ligases in Rice

(2011) J. Gui et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The Genetics of Lignin Biosynthesis: Connecting Genotype to Phenotype

(2010) Nicholas D. Bonawitz et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Antisense Down-Regulation of 4CL Expression Alters Lignification, Tree Growth, and Saccharification Potential of Field-Grown Poplar

(2010) S. L. Voelker et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Phenylpropanoid Biosynthesis

(2009) Thomas Vogt   Molecular Plant

Solution-state 2D NMR of ball-milled plant cell wall gels in DMSO-d6/pyridine-d5

(2009) Hoon Kim et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Hydroxycinnamates in lignification

(2009) John Ralph   PHYTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS

The cinnamate/monolignol pathway

(2009) Toshiaki Umezawa   PHYTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Genetic Resources for Maize Cell Wall Biology

(2009) B. W. Penning et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The Effects on Lignin Structure of Overexpression of Ferulate 5-Hydroxylase in Hybrid Poplar1

(2009) J. J. Stewart et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Allelic Association, Chemical Characterization and Saccharification Properties of brown midrib Mutants of Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench)

(2008) Ana Saballos et al.   BioEnergy Research