Lignin biosynthesis: old roads revisited and new roads explored

Thermodynamic insights into an interaction between ACYL-COA-BINDING PROTEIN2 and LYSOPHOSPHOLIPASE2 in Arabidopsis

(2019) Rui Miao et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Lignin structure and its engineering

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

Enzymatic basis for C‐lignin monomer biosynthesis in the seed coat of Cleome hassleriana

(2019) Chunliu Zhuo et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Hydroxystilbene glucosides are incorporated into Norway spruce bark lignin

(2019) Jorge Rencoret et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Ectopic defense gene expression is associated with growth defects in Medicago truncatula lignin pathway mutants

(2019) Chan Man Ha et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

4-Coumarate 3-hydroxylase in the lignin biosynthesis pathway is a cytosolic ascorbate peroxidase

(2019) Jaime Barros et al.   Nature Communications

Should I stay or should I go: are chlorogenic acids mobilized towards lignin biosynthesis?

(2019) Nathalia Volpi e Silva et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

OsCAldOMT1 is a bifunctional O-methyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of tricin-lignins in rice cell walls

(2019) Pui Ying Lam et al.   Scientific Reports

Reactive Oxygen Species in Plant Signaling

(2018) Cezary Waszczak et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Transfer RNA-derived fragments target and regulate ribosome-associated aminoacyl-transfer RNA synthetases

(2018) Anna M. Mleczko et al.   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Mathematical models of lignin biosynthesis

(2018) Mojdeh Faraji et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Structural Characterization of Lignin from Maize (Zea mays L.) Fibers: Evidence for Diferuloylputrescine Incorporated into the Lignin Polymer in Maize Kernels

(2018) José C. del Río et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Distribution, mobility, and anchoring of lignin-related oxidative enzymes in Arabidopsis secondary cell walls

(2018) Eva Yi Chou et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

A 13C isotope labeling method for the measurement of lignin metabolic flux in Arabidopsis stems

(2018) Peng Wang et al.   Plant Methods

A dynamic model of lignin biosynthesis in Brachypodium distachyon

(2018) Mojdeh Faraji et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

An “ideal lignin” facilitates full biomass utilization

(2018) Yanding Li et al.   Science Advances

CAD1 and CCR2 protein complex formation in monolignol biosynthesis in Populus trichocarpa

(2018) Xiaojing Yan et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Completion of the cytosolic post-chorismate phenylalanine biosynthetic pathway in plants

(2018) Yichun Qian et al.   Nature Communications

The Phenylpropanoid Case – It Is Transport That Matters

(2018) Wanda Biała et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

The regulatory role of shikimate in plant phenylalanine metabolism

(2018) Z.P. Adams et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Development and commercialization of reduced lignin alfalfa

(2018) Jaime Barros et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

The transport of monomers during lignification in plants: anything goes but how?

(2018) Mendel Perkins et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Tailor-made trees: engineering lignin for ease of processing and tomorrow’s bioeconomy

(2018) Elizabeth L Mahon et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

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

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

The Casparian strip—one ring to bring cell biology to lignification?

(2018) Inês Catarina Ramos Barbosa et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Dirigent proteins in plants: modulating cell wall metabolism during abiotic and biotic stress exposure

(2017) Candelas Paniagua et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Hydroxystilbenes Are Monomers in Palm Fruit Endocarp Lignins

(2017) José Carlos del Río et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Disrupting Flavone Synthase II Alters Lignin and Improves Biomass Digestibility

(2017) Pui Ying Lam et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

SilencingCAFFEOYL SHIKIMATE ESTERASEAffects Lignification and Improves Saccharification in Poplar

(2017) Marina de Lyra Soriano Saleme et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The binding versatility of plant acyl-CoA-binding proteins and their significance in lipid metabolism

(2016) Shiu-Cheung Lung et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY OF LIPIDS

The occurrence of tricin and its derivatives in plants

(2016) Mi Li et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

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

(2016) Chan Man Ha et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Silencing CHALCONE SYNTHASE in Maize Impedes the Incorporation of Tricin into Lignin and Increases Lignin Content

(2016) Nubia B. Eloy et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Current Understanding of the Correlation of Lignin Structure with Biomass Recalcitrance

(2016) Mi Li et al.   Frontiers in Chemistry

The cell biology of lignification in higher plants

(2015) Jaime Barros et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Pinoresinol reductase 1 impacts lignin distribution during secondary cell wall biosynthesis in Arabidopsis

(2015) Qiao Zhao et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Reactive oxygen species in cell wall metabolism and development in plants

(2015) Anna Kärkönen et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Combining enhanced biomass density with reduced lignin level for improved forage quality

(2015) Lina Gallego-Giraldo et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Small Glycosylated Lignin Oligomers Are Stored in Arabidopsis Leaf Vacuoles

(2015) Oana Dima et al.   PLANT CELL

CCR1, an enzyme required for lignin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis, mediates cell proliferation exit for leaf development

(2015) Jingshi Xue et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Tricin, a Flavonoid Monomer in Monocot Lignification

(2015) Wu Lan et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Flavonoid transport mechanisms: how to go, and with whom

(2015) Jian Zhao   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Altering the Cell Wall and Its Impact on Plant Disease: From Forage to Bioenergy

(2014) Qiao Zhao et al.   Annual Review of Phytopathology

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

(2014) Nicholas D. Bonawitz et al.   NATURE

Laccases Direct Lignification in the Discrete Secondary Cell Wall Domains of Protoxylem

(2014) M. Schuetz et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

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

Recent advances in hydrogen peroxide imaging for biological applications

(2014) Hengchang Guo et al.   Cell and Bioscience

tRNAs as regulators of biological processes

(2014) Medha Raina et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

A Mechanism for Localized Lignin Deposition in the Endodermis

(2013) Yuree Lee et al.   CELL

LACCASE Is Necessary and Nonredundant with PEROXIDASE for Lignin Polymerization during Vascular Development in Arabidopsis

(2013) Q. Zhao et al.   PLANT CELL

A Genomics Approach to Deciphering Lignin Biosynthesis in Switchgrass

(2013) H. Shen et al.   PLANT CELL

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

(2013) Y. Tobimatsu et al.   PLANT CELL

Early lignin pathway enzymes and routes to chlorogenic acid in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.)

(2013) Luis L. Escamilla-Treviño et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Proton-Dependent Coniferin Transport, a Common Major Transport Event in Differentiating Xylem Tissue of Woody Plants

(2013) T. Tsuyama et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Loss of function of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase 1 leads to unconventional lignin and a temperature-sensitive growth defect in Medicago truncatula

(2013) Q. Zhao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dirigent domain-containing protein is part of the machinery required for formation of the lignin-based Casparian strip in the root

(2013) P. S. Hosmani et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ptr-miR397a is a negative regulator of laccase genes affecting lignin content in Populus trichocarpa

(2013) S. Lu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2013) R. Vanholme et al.   SCIENCE

Shikimate and Phenylalanine Biosynthesis in the Green Lineage

(2013) Takayuki Tohge et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

AtABCG29 Is a Monolignol Transporter Involved in Lignin Biosynthesis

(2012) Santiago Alejandro et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Plant responses to stresses: role of ascorbate peroxidase in the antioxidant protection

(2012) Andréia Caverzan et al.   GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Deciphering the Enigma of Lignification: Precursor Transport, Oxidation, and the Topochemistry of Lignin Assembly

(2012) Chang-Jun Liu   Molecular Plant

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

(2012) Shawn D Mansfield et al.   Nature Protocols

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

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

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

(2012) Fang Chen et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Identification of an Arabidopsis Fatty Alcohol:Caffeoyl-Coenzyme A Acyltransferase Required for the Synthesis of Alkyl Hydroxycinnamates in Root Waxes

(2012) D. K. Kosma et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

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

Lignin metabolism has a central role in the resistance of cotton to the wilt fungus Verticillium dahliae as revealed by RNA-Seq-dependent transcriptional analysis and histochemistry

(2011) Li Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Hydrogen peroxide permeability of plasma membrane aquaporins of Arabidopsis thaliana

(2011) Cortwa Hooijmaijers et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH

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

Integrative Analysis of Transgenic Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) Suggests New Metabolic Control Mechanisms for Monolignol Biosynthesis

(2011) Yun Lee et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Abiotic and Biotic Stresses and Changes in the Lignin Content and Composition in Plants

(2010) Jullyana Cristina Magalhães Silva Moura et al.   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

The origin and evolution of lignin biosynthesis

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

Over-expression of F5H in COMT-deficient Arabidopsis leads to enrichment of an unusual lignin and disruption of pollen wall formation

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

Engineering traditional monolignols out of lignin by concomitant up-regulation of F5H1 and down-regulation of COMT in Arabidopsis

(2010) Ruben Vanholme et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

The laccase multigene family in Arabidopsis thaliana: towards addressing the mystery of their gene function(s)

(2010) Phanikanth V. Turlapati et al.   PLANTA

ATP-binding cassette-like transporters are involved in the transport of lignin precursors across plasma and vacuolar membranes

(2010) Y.-C. Miao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A horizontal gene transfer at the origin of phenylpropanoid metabolism: a key adaptation of plants to land

(2009) Giovanni Emiliani et al.   Biology Direct

Phenylpropanoid Biosynthesis

(2009) Thomas Vogt   Molecular Plant

MATE Transporters Facilitate Vacuolar Uptake of Epicatechin 3'-O-Glucoside for Proanthocyanidin Biosynthesis in Medicago truncatula and Arabidopsis

(2009) J. Zhao et al.   PLANT CELL

The role of UDP-glucose:hydroxycinnamate glucosyltransferases in phenylpropanoid metabolism and the response to UV-B radiation in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2008) Dirk Meißner et al.   PLANTA