Contribution of phenylpropanoid metabolism to plant development and plant–environment interactions

NQ Dong, HX Lin - Journal of integrative plant biology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Phenylpropanoid metabolism is one of the most important metabolisms in plants, yielding
more than 8,000 metabolites contributing to plant development and plant–environment …

Lignins: biosynthesis and biological functions in plants

Q Liu, L Luo, L Zheng - International journal of molecular sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Lignin is one of the main components of plant cell wall and it is a natural phenolic polymer
with high molecular weight, complex composition and structure. Lignin biosynthesis …

Paving the way for lignin valorisation: recent advances in bioengineering, biorefining and catalysis

R Rinaldi, R Jastrzebski, MT Clough… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Lignin is an abundant biopolymer with a high carbon content and high aromaticity. Despite
its potential as a raw material for the fuel and chemical industries, lignin remains the most …

Lignin‐based barrier restricts pathogens to the infection site and confers resistance in plants

MH Lee, HS Jeon, SH Kim, JH Chung… - The EMBO …, 2019 - embopress.org
Pathogenic bacteria invade plant tissues and proliferate in the extracellular space. Plants
have evolved the immune system to recognize and limit the growth of pathogens. Despite …

Biological activities and emerging roles of lignin and lignin-based products─ A review

F Shu, B Jiang, Y Yuan, M Li, W Wu, Y Jin… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Bioactive substances, displaying excellent biocompatibility, chemical stability, and
processability, could be extensively applied in biomedicine and tissue engineering. In recent …

Chlorogenic acids and the acyl-quinic acids: Discovery, biosynthesis, bioavailability and bioactivity

MN Clifford, IB Jaganath, IA Ludwig… - Natural product reports, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2000 up to late 2017 This review is focussed upon the acyl-quinic acids, the most
studied group within the ca. 400 chlorogenic acids so far reported. The acyl-quinic acids, the …

Current understanding of the pathways of flavonoid biosynthesis in model and crop plants

T Tohge, LP de Souza, AR Fernie - Journal of experimental …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Flavonoids are a signature class of secondary metabolites formed from a relatively simple
collection of scaffolds. They are extensively decorated by chemical reactions including …

The flavonoid biosynthetic pathway in Arabidopsis: structural and genetic diversity

K Saito, K Yonekura-Sakakibara… - Plant Physiology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Flavonoids are representative plant secondary products. In the model plant Arabidopsis
thaliana, at least 54 flavonoid molecules (35 flavonols, 11 anthocyanins and 8 …

Lignin biosynthesis and structure

R Vanholme, B Demedts, K Morreel, J Ralph… - Plant …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Lignin is the generic term for a large group of aromatic polymers resulting from the oxidative
combinatorial coupling of 4-hydroxyphenylpropanoids (Boerjan et al., 2003; Ralph et al …

Tissue-preferential recruitment of electron transfer chains for cytochrome P450-catalyzed phenolic biosynthesis

X Zhao, Y Zhao, M Gou, CJ Liu - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Cytochrome P450 system consists of P450 monooxygenase and redox pattern (s). While the
importance of monooxygenases in plant metabolism is well documented, the metabolic roles …