Lignin modification in planta for valorization

MYB-mediated upregulation of lignin biosynthesis in Oryza sativa towards biomass refinery

(2017) Taichi Koshiba et al.   Plant Biotechnology

Genetic engineering of grass cell wall polysaccharides for biorefining

(2017) Rakesh Bhatia et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

KNOX Protein OSH15 Induces Grain Shattering by Repressing Lignin Biosynthesis Genes

(2017) Jinmi Yoon et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

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

(2017) Yuri Takeda et al.   PLANTA

Building the wall: recent advances in understanding lignin metabolism in grasses

(2016) Igor Cesarino et al.   ACTA PHYSIOLOGIAE PLANTARUM

Paving the Way for Lignin Valorisation: Recent Advances in Bioengineering, Biorefining and Catalysis

(2016) Roberto Rinaldi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Downregulation of p-Coumaroyl Quinate/Shikimate 3′-Hydroxylase (C3′H) or Cinnamate-4-hydrolylase (C4H) in Eucalyptus urophylla × Eucalyptus grandis Leads to Increased Extractability

(2016) Angela Ziebell et al.   BioEnergy Research

RNAi downregulation of three key lignin genes in sugarcane improves glucose release without reduction in sugar production

(2016) William P. Bewg et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Improving total saccharification yield of Arabidopsis plants by vessel-specific complementation of caffeoyl shikimate esterase (cse) mutants

(2016) Lívia Vargas et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Designer lignins: harnessing the plasticity of lignification

(2016) Yaseen Mottiar et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

A review on biomass production from C4 grasses: yield and quality for end-use

(2016) Ashraf Tubeileh et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Impact of engineered lignin composition on biomass recalcitrance and ionic liquid pretreatment efficiency

(2016) Jian Shi et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Formation rate of benzyl cation intermediate from p-Hydroxyphenyl, guaiacyl, or syringyl nucleus in acidolysis of lignin

(2016) Toshinao Shioya et al.   JOURNAL OF WOOD CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY

Overexpression ofSbMyb60impacts phenylpropanoid biosynthesis and alters secondary cell wall composition inSorghum bicolor

(2016) Erin D. Scully et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

An essential role of caffeoyl shikimate esterase in monolignol biosynthesis inMedicago truncatula

(2016) Chan Man Ha et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

The world availability of non-wood lignocellulosic biomass for the production of cellulosic ethanol and potential pretreatments for the enhancement of enzymatic saccharification

(2016) Ying Ying Tye et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

The cell biology of lignification in higher plants

(2015) Jaime Barros et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Down-regulation of p-coumaroyl quinate/shikimate 3′-hydroxylase (C3′H) and cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (C4H) genes in the lignin biosynthetic pathway of Eucalyptus urophylla × E. grandis leads to improved sugar release

(2015) Robert W. Sykes et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Genetic manipulation of lignocellulosic biomass for bioenergy

(2015) Peng Wang et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Biomimetic Oxidative Coupling of Sinapyl Acetate by Silver Oxide: Preferential Formation of β-O-4 Type Structures

(2015) Takao Kishimoto et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

The NAC transcription factor OsSWN1 regulates secondary cell wall development in Oryza sativa

(2015) Maofeng Chai et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT BIOLOGY

Effect of type of aromatic nucleus in lignin on the rate of the β-O-4 bond cleavage during alkaline pulping process

(2015) Satoko Shimizu et al.   JOURNAL OF WOOD SCIENCE

Introduction of chemically labile substructures intoArabidopsislignin through the use of LigD, the Cα-dehydrogenase fromSphingobiumsp. strain SYK-6

(2015) Yukiko Tsuji et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

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

Tricin, a Flavonoid Monomer in Monocot Lignification

(2015) Wu Lan et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Cell wall modifications triggered by the down-regulation of Coumarate 3-hydroxylase-1 in maize

(2015) Silvia Fornalé et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Syringyl lignin production in conifers: Proof of concept in a Pine tracheary element system

(2015) Armin Wagner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Functional Characterization of NAC and MYB Transcription Factors Involved in Regulation of Biomass Production in Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)

(2015) Ruiqin Zhong et al.   PLoS One

Bio-based phenols and fuel production from catalytic microwave pyrolysis of lignin by activated carbons

(2014) Quan Bu et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Absolute Configuration of β- and α-Asymmetric Carbons within β-O-4-Structures in Hardwood Lignin

(2014) Takuya Akiyama et al.   JOURNAL OF WOOD CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY

Disruption of Mediator rescues the stunted growth of a lignin-deficient Arabidopsis mutant

(2014) Nicholas D. Bonawitz et al.   NATURE

Functional characterization ofCCRin birch (Betula platyphylla×Betula pendula) through overexpression and suppression analysis

(2014) Wenbo Zhang et al.   PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

Altered lignin biosynthesis using biotechnology to improve lignocellulosic biofuel feedstocks

(2014) Charleson R. Poovaiah et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Complete Proteomic-Based Enzyme Reaction and Inhibition Kinetics Reveal How Monolignol Biosynthetic Enzyme Families Affect Metabolic Flux and Lignin inPopulus trichocarpa

(2014) Jack P. Wang 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

A review of biomass co-firing in North America

(2014) Ezinwa Agbor et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Lignin Valorization: Improving Lignin Processing in the Biorefinery

(2014) A. J. Ragauskas et al.   SCIENCE

Monolignol Ferulate Transferase Introduces Chemically Labile Linkages into the Lignin Backbone

(2014) C. G. Wilkerson et al.   SCIENCE

Breeding with rare defective alleles (BRDA): a naturalPopulus nigraHCT mutant with modified lignin as a case study

(2013) Bartel Vanholme et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Characterization of lignocellulose of Erianthus arundinaceus in relation to enzymatic saccharification efficiency

(2013) Masaomi Yamamura et al.   Plant Biotechnology

CAD2 deficiency causes both brown midrib and gold hull and internode phenotypes in Oryza sativa L. cv. Nipponbare

(2013) Taichi Koshiba et al.   Plant Biotechnology

Characterization of 5-Hydroxyconiferaldehyde O-Methyltransferase in Oryza sativa

(2013) Taichi Koshiba et al.   Plant Biotechnology

p-Coumaroyl-CoA:monolignol transferase (PMT) acts specifically in the lignin biosynthetic pathway inBrachypodium distachyon

(2013) Deborah L. Petrik et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Caffeoyl Shikimate Esterase (CSE) Is an Enzyme in the Lignin Biosynthetic Pathway in Arabidopsis

(2013) R. Vanholme et al.   SCIENCE

Co-firing of biomass with coal in thermal power plants: technology schemes, impacts, and future perspectives

(2013) Emmanouil Karampinis et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Energy and Environment

Can genetic engineering of lignin deposition be accomplished without an unacceptable yield penalty?

(2012) Nicholas D Bonawitz et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Chemical Profiles of Wood Components of Poplar Clones for Their Energy Utilization

(2012) František Kačík et al.   Energies

Reactivity of Lignin with Different Composition of Aromatic Syringyl/Guaiacyl Structures and Erythro/Threo Side Chain Structures in β-O-4 Type during Alkaline Delignification: As a Basis for the Different Degradability of Hardwood and Softwood Lignin

(2012) Satoko Shimizu et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

The Class II KNOX gene KNAT7 negatively regulates secondary wall formation in Arabidopsis and is functionally conserved in Populus

(2012) Eryang Li et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Rapid analysis of transgenic rice straw using near-infrared spectroscopy

(2012) Takefumi Hattori et al.   Plant Biotechnology

Silicon deficiency promotes lignin accumulation in rice

(2012) Shiro Suzuki et al.   Plant Biotechnology

Engineering secondary cell wall deposition in plants

(2012) Fan Yang et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Novel seed coat lignins in the Cactaceae: structure, distribution and implications for the evolution of lignin diversity

(2012) Fang Chen et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Overexpression of AtLOV1 in Switchgrass Alters Plant Architecture, Lignin Content, and Flowering Time

(2012) Bin Xu et al.   PLoS One

A polymer of caffeyl alcohol in plant seeds

(2012) F. Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A review of the mathematical models for predicting the heating value of biomass materials

(2012) J.M. Vargas-Moreno et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Thermal reactivities of catechols/pyrogallols and cresols/xylenols as lignin pyrolysis intermediates

(2011) Mohd Asmadi et al.   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS

Thermal reactions of guaiacol and syringol as lignin model aromatic nuclei

(2011) Mohd Asmadi et al.   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS

Gas- and solid/liquid-phase reactions during pyrolysis of softwood and hardwood lignins

(2011) Mohd Asmadi et al.   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS

Transcriptional Activation of Secondary Wall Biosynthesis by Rice and Maize NAC and MYB Transcription Factors

(2011) R. Zhong et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

High-throughput determination of thioglycolic acid lignin from rice

(2011) Shiro Suzuki et al.   Plant Biotechnology

Membrane protein complexes catalyze both 4- and 3-hydroxylation of cinnamic acid derivatives in monolignol biosynthesis

(2011) H.-C. Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Life cycle assessment for co-firing semi-carbonized fuel manufactured using woody biomass with coal: A case study in the central area of Wakayama, Japan

(2011) Tomohiro Tabata et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

The Catalytic Valorization of Lignin for the Production of Renewable Chemicals

(2010) Joseph Zakzeski et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Useful Products from Complex Starting Materials: Common Chemicals from Biomass Feedstocks

(2010) Amanda-Lynn Marshall et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Prediction of higher heating values of biomass from proximate and ultimate analyses

(2010) Chun-Yang Yin   FUEL

The Growth Reduction Associated with Repressed Lignin Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana Is Independent of Flavonoids

(2010) X. Li et al.   PLANT CELL

MYB75 Functions in Regulation of Secondary Cell Wall Formation in the Arabidopsis Inflorescence Stem

(2010) A. Bhargava et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

VASCULAR-RELATED NAC-DOMAIN6 and VASCULAR-RELATED NAC-DOMAIN7 Effectively Induce Transdifferentiation into Xylem Vessel Elements under Control of an Induction System

(2010) M. Yamaguchi et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Energy Crops for Sustainable Bioethanol Production; Which, Where and How?

(2010) Taiichiro Hattori et al.   PLANT PRODUCTION SCIENCE

Brown midrib mutations and their importance to the utilization of maize, sorghum, and pearl millet lignocellulosic tissues

(2010) Scott E. Sattler et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Mutation of WRKY transcription factors initiates pith secondary wall formation and increases stem biomass in dicotyledonous plants

(2010) H. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

NMR Characterization of C3H and HCT Down-Regulated Alfalfa Lignin

(2009) Yunqiao Pu et al.   BioEnergy Research

Genetic modification of lignin biosynthesis for improved biofuel production

(2009) Hiroshi Hisano et al.   IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY-PLANT

Hydroxycinnamates in lignification

(2009) John Ralph   PHYTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS

The cinnamate/monolignol pathway

(2009) Toshiaki Umezawa   PHYTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS

MYB83 Is a Direct Target of SND1 and Acts Redundantly with MYB46 in the Regulation of Secondary Cell Wall Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis

(2009) R. L. McCarthy et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

MYB58 and MYB63 Are Transcriptional Activators of the Lignin Biosynthetic Pathway during Secondary Cell Wall Formation in Arabidopsis

(2009) J. Zhou et al.   PLANT CELL

Ectopic expression of MYB46 identifies transcriptional regulatory genes involved in secondary wall biosynthesis in Arabidopsis

(2009) Jae-Heung Ko et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

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

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

Emerging strategies of lignin engineering and degradation for cellulosic biofuel production

(2008) Jing-Ke Weng et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Lignin engineering

(2008) R VANHOLME et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Generation and characterization of transgenic poplar plants overexpressing a cotton laccase gene

(2008) Ji Wang et al.   PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE

RNAi-mediated suppression of p-coumaroyl-CoA 3'-hydroxylase in hybrid poplar impacts lignin deposition and soluble secondary metabolism

(2008) H. D. Coleman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The new forestry biofuels sector

(2007) Yunqiao Pu et al.   Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr

Transgenics are imperative for biofuel crops

(2007) Jonathan Gressel   PLANT SCIENCE