Feruloyl esterase (ferulic acid esterase, FAE) is an essential component of many biological
processes in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes. This research aimed to investigate the role of …

Ferric reductases are integral membrane proteins involved in the reduction of environmental
ferric iron into the biologically available ferrous iron. In the most overwhelming …

Plant cell wall acts as a primary barrier for microbial pathogens during infection. A cell wall-
degrading enzyme thus may be a crucial virulence factor, as it may aid the pathogen in …

Feruloyl esterases can liberate ferulic acid (FA) from plant cell wall polymers. They are
expressed by plant pathogenic fungi and could play a role in pathogenicity, although this …

Abstract Background Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) is an important forage crop in North America
owing to its high biomass production, perennial nature and ability to fix nitrogen. Feruloyl …

Plant cell walls are a pivotal battleground between microbial pathogens and their plant
hosts. Microbial pathogens secrete an array of cell-wall-degrading enzymes to depolymerize …

In the cell walls of forage grasses, ferulic acid is esterified to arabinoxylans and participates
with lignin monomers in oxidative coupling pathways to generate ferulate–polysaccharide …

Cell walls of grasses have ferulic acid (FA) ester-linked to the arabinosyl substitutions of
arabinoxylan (AX). Feruloyl esterases (FAE) are carboxylic acid esterases that release FA …

Siderophores are specific ferric iron chelators synthesized by virtually all microorganisms in
response to iron deficiency. We have previously shown that they promote infection by the …

Diferulate esters strengthen and cross-link primary plant cell walls and help to defend the
plant from invading microbes. Phenolics also limit the degradation of plant cell walls by …