Two distinct cinnamoyl-CoA reductases in Selaginella moellendorffii offer insight into the divergence of CCRs in plants

Characterization of the cinnamoyl-CoA reductase (CCR) gene family in Populus tomentosa reveals the enzymatic active sites and evolution of CCR

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Ancient origin of the biosynthesis of lignin precursors

(2015) Leen Labeeuw et al.   Biology Direct

Conserved Gene Expression Programs in Developing Roots from Diverse Plants

(2015) Ling Huang et al.   PLANT CELL

Structural Studies of Cinnamoyl-CoA Reductase and Cinnamyl-Alcohol Dehydrogenase, Key Enzymes of Monolignol Biosynthesis

(2014) H. Pan et al.   PLANT CELL

Molecular cloning and functional analysis of nine cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase family members in Populus tomentosa

(2014) Nan Chao et al.   PLANTA

Probing the active site of cinnamoyl CoA reductase 1 (Ll-CCRH1) from Leucaena leucocephala

(2013) Prashant Sonawane et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

(2011) K. Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Independent Recruitment of an O-Methyltransferase for Syringyl Lignin Biosynthesis in Selaginella moellendorffii

(2011) J.-K. Weng et al.   PLANT CELL

The origin and evolution of lignin biosynthesis

(2010) Jing-Ke Weng et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Convergent Evolution of Syringyl Lignin Biosynthesis via Distinct Pathways in the LycophyteSelaginellaand Flowering Plants

(2010) Jing-Ke Weng et al.   PLANT CELL

Lignin Biosynthesis and Structure

(2010) R. Vanholme et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Distinct cinnamoyl CoA reductases involved in parallel routes to lignin inMedicago truncatula

(2010) Rui Zhou et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genome-Wide Evolutionary Analysis of Eukaryotic DNA Methylation

(2010) A. Zemach et al.   SCIENCE

Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) possesses a divergent family of cinnamoyl CoA reductases with distinct biochemical properties

(2009) Luis L. Escamilla-Treviño et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST