[HTML][HTML] Glycosylation is a major regulator of phenylpropanoid availability and biological activity in plants

J Le Roy, B Huss, A Creach, S Hawkins… - Frontiers in plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The phenylpropanoid pathway in plants is responsible for the biosynthesis of a huge amount
of secondary metabolites derived from phenylalanine and tyrosine. Both flavonoids and …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the molecular structure basis for biomass recalcitrance during dilute acid and hydrothermal pretreatments

Y Pu, F Hu, F Huang, BH Davison… - Biotechnology for …, 2013 - Springer
The production of cellulosic ethanol from biomass is considered a promising alternative to
reliance on diminishing supplies of fossil fuels, providing a sustainable option for fuels …

Exploiting SNPs for biallelic CRISPR mutations in the outcrossing woody perennial Populus reveals 4-coumarate: CoA ligase specificity and redundancy

X Zhou, TB Jacobs, LJ Xue, SA Harding, CJ Tsai - New Phytologist, 2015 - JSTOR
Phytologist Letters Forum 299 mutants are expected to shed further light on the functional
redundancy of the 4CL family. An advantage of gRNA stacking is the simplicity of construct …

[HTML][HTML] Lignin engineering in forest trees: from gene discovery to field trials

B De Meester, R Vanholme, T Mota, W Boerjan - Plant Communications, 2022 - cell.com
Wood is an abundant and renewable feedstock for the production of pulp, fuels, and
biobased materials. However, wood is recalcitrant toward deconstruction into cellulose and …

[HTML][HTML] Biomass for thermochemical conversion: targets and challenges

P Tanger, JL Field, CE Jahn, MW DeFoort… - Frontiers in plant …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Bioenergy will be one component of a suite of alternatives to fossil fuels. Effective
conversion of biomass to energy will require the careful pairing of advanced conversion …

Four isoforms of Arabidopsis 4-coumarate: CoA ligase have overlapping yet distinct roles in phenylpropanoid metabolism

Y Li, JI Kim, L Pysh, C Chapple - Plant physiology, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The biosynthesis of lignin, flavonoids, and hydroxycinnamoyl esters share the first three
enzymatic steps of the phenylpropanoid pathway. The last shared step is catalyzed by 4 …

[HTML][HTML] Lignin engineering in forest trees

A Chanoca, L De Vries, W Boerjan - Frontiers in plant science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Wood is a renewable resource that is mainly composed of lignin and cell wall
polysaccharides. The polysaccharide fraction is valuable as it can be converted into pulp …

[HTML][HTML] Harnessing the potential of forage legumes, alfalfa, soybean, and cowpea for sustainable agriculture and global food security

KP Kulkarni, R Tayade, S Asekova, JT Song… - Frontiers in plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Substantial improvements in access to food and increased purchasing power are driving
many people toward consuming nutrition-rich foods causing an unprecedented demand for …

[HTML][HTML] Manipulation of lignin metabolism by plant densities and its relationship with lodging resistance in wheat

M Zheng, J Chen, Y Shi, Y Li, Y Yin, D Yang, Y Luo… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Increasing plant density is one of the most efficient ways of increasing wheat (Triticum
aestivum L.) grain production. However, overly dense plant populations have an increased …

Functional characterization of evolutionarily divergent 4-coumarate: coenzyme a ligases in rice

J Gui, J Shen, L Li - Plant physiology, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Coumarate: coenzyme A ligase (4CL; EC 6.2. 1.12) is a key enzyme in the phenylpropanoid
metabolic pathways for monolignol and flavonoid biosynthesis. 4CL has been much studied …