Differential substrate inhibition couples kinetically distinct 4-coumarate: coenzyme A ligases with spatially distinct metabolic roles in quaking aspen

SA Harding, J Leshkevich, VL Chiang… - Plant …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Coumarate: coenzyme A ligase (4CL) activates hydroxycinnamates for entry into
phenylpropanoid branchways that support various metabolic activities, including lignification …

Monolignol Pathway 4-Coumaric Acid:Coenzyme A Ligases in Populus. trichocarpa: Novel Specificity, Metabolic Regulation, and Simulation of Coenzyme A Ligation …

HC Chen, J Song, CM Williams, CM Shuford… - Plant …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Coumaric acid: coenzyme A ligase (4CL) is involved in monolignol biosynthesis for
lignification in plant cell walls. It ligates coenzyme A (CoA) with hydroxycinnamic acids, such …

Compartmentalized expression of two structurally and functionally distinct 4-coumarate:CoA ligase genes in aspen (Populus tremuloides)

WJ Hu, A Kawaoka, CJ Tsai, J Lung… - Proceedings of the …, 1998 - National Acad Sciences
4-Coumarate: CoA ligases (4CLs, EC 6.2. 1.12) are a group of enzymes necessary for
maintaining a continuous metabolic flux for the biosynthesis of plant phenylpropanoids, such …

4-Coumarate: coenzyme A ligase in hybrid poplar: properties of native enzymes, cDNA cloning, and analysis of recombinant enzymes

SM Allina, A Pri-Hadash, DA Theilmann… - Plant …, 1998 - academic.oup.com
The enzyme 4-coumarate: coenzyme A ligase (4CL) is important in providing activated
thioester substrates for phenylpropanoid natural product biosynthesis. We tested different …

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 …

Molecular cloning and functional analysis of 4-coumarate: CoA ligases from Marchantia paleacea and their roles in lignin and flavanone biosynthesis

S Gao, XY Liu, R Ni, J Fu, H Tan, AX Cheng, HX Lou - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Phenylpropanoids play important roles in plant physiology and the enzyme 4-coumarate:
coenzyme A ligase (4CL) catalyzes the formation of thioesters. Despite extensive …

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 …

Cloning and functional characterization of a 4-coumarate CoA ligase from liverwort Plagiochasma appendiculatum

S Gao, HN Yu, RX Xu, AX Cheng, HX Lou - Phytochemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
Plant phenylpropanoids represent a large group of secondary metabolites which have
played an important role in terrestrial plant life, beginning with the evolution of land plants …

Identification of 4‐coumarate: coenzyme A ligase (4CL) substrate recognition domains

J Ehlting, JJK Shin, CJ Douglas - The Plant Journal, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
coumarate: CoA ligase (4CL), the last enzyme of the general phenylpropanoid pathway,
provides precursors for the biosynthesis of a large variety of plant natural products. 4 CL …

Enzyme Complexes of Ptr4CL and PtrHCT Modulate Co-enzyme A Ligation of Hydroxycinnamic Acids for Monolignol Biosynthesis in Populus trichocarpa

CY Lin, Y Sun, J Song, HC Chen, R Shi… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Co-enzyme A (CoA) ligation of hydroxycinnamic acids by 4-coumaric acid: CoA ligase (4CL)
is a critical step in the biosynthesis of monolignols. Perturbation of 4CL activity significantly …