Maize tricin-oligolignol metabolites and their implications for monocot lignification
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- Wu Lan, Kris Morreel (UGent) , Fachuang Lu, Jorge Rencoret, José Carlos del Río, Wannes Voorend (UGent) , Wilfred Vermerris, Wout Boerjan (UGent) and John Ralph
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- Lignin is an abundant aromatic plant cell wall polymer consisting of phenylpropanoid units in which the aromatic rings display various degrees of methoxylation. Tricin [5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-4H-chromen-4-one], a flavone, was recently established as a true monomer in grass lignins. To elucidate the incorporation pathways of tricin into grass lignin, the metabolites of maize (Zea mays) were extracted from lignifying tissues and profiled using the recently developed 'candidate substrate product pair' algorithm applied to ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography and Fourier transform-ion cyclotron resonance-mass spectrometry. Twelve tricin-containing products (each with up to eight isomers), including those derived from the various monolignol acetate and p-coumarate conjugates, were observed and authenticated by comparisons with a set of synthetic tricin-oligolignol dimeric and trimeric compounds. The identification of such compounds helps establish that tricin is an important monomer in the lignification of monocots, acting as a nucleation site for starting lignin chains. The array of tricin-containing products provides further evidence for the combinatorial coupling model of general lignification and supports evolving paradigms for the unique nature of lignification in monocots.
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- POPLAR XYLEM, STRUCTURAL-CHARACTERIZATION, IDENTIFICATION, FLAVONOLIGNANS, TRANSFERASE, OLIGOMERS, ARABIDOPSIS, LIGNIN BIOSYNTHESIS, REVEALS, PATHWAY
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8113043
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- Lan, Wu, et al. “Maize Tricin-Oligolignol Metabolites and Their Implications for Monocot Lignification.” PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, vol. 171, no. 2, 2016, pp. 810–20, doi:10.1104/pp.16.02012.
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- Lan, W., Morreel, K., Lu, F., Rencoret, J., del Río, J. C., Voorend, W., … Ralph, J. (2016). Maize tricin-oligolignol metabolites and their implications for monocot lignification. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, 171(2), 810–820. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.16.02012
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- Lan, Wu, Kris Morreel, Fachuang Lu, Jorge Rencoret, José Carlos del Río, Wannes Voorend, Wilfred Vermerris, Wout Boerjan, and John Ralph. 2016. “Maize Tricin-Oligolignol Metabolites and Their Implications for Monocot Lignification.” PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 171 (2): 810–20. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.16.02012.
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- Lan, Wu, Kris Morreel, Fachuang Lu, Jorge Rencoret, José Carlos del Río, Wannes Voorend, Wilfred Vermerris, Wout Boerjan, and John Ralph. 2016. “Maize Tricin-Oligolignol Metabolites and Their Implications for Monocot Lignification.” PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 171 (2): 810–820. doi:10.1104/pp.16.02012.
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- 1.Lan W, Morreel K, Lu F, Rencoret J, del Río JC, Voorend W, et al. Maize tricin-oligolignol metabolites and their implications for monocot lignification. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 2016;171(2):810–20.
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- [1]W. Lan et al., “Maize tricin-oligolignol metabolites and their implications for monocot lignification,” PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, vol. 171, no. 2, pp. 810–820, 2016.
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