Coniferin glucosidase

Coniferin glucosidase (D 22.2.3) F Extracytoplasmic space (cell wall bound )... 

Dharmawardhana, D.P., Ellis, B.E. and Carlson, J.E. (1995) A fj-glucosidase from lodgepole pine xylem specific for the lignin precursor coniferin. Plant Physiol, 107, 331-9. 

Hosel, W., Fiedler-Preiss, A. and Borgmann, E. (1982) Relationship of coniferin p-glucosidase to lignification in various plant cell suspension cultures. Plant Cell Tiss. Org. Cult, 1,137-48. 

Leinhos, V., Udagama-Randeniya, P.V. and Savidge, R.A. (1994) Purification of an acidic coniferin-hydrolyzing fj-glucosidase from developing xylem of Pinus banksiana. Phytochemistry, 37,311-15. 

Marcinowski, S. and Grisebach, H. (1978) Enzymology of lignification cell wall-bound fi-glucosidases for coniferin from spruce (Picea abies) seedlings. Eur.. Biochem., 87, 37-44. 

Marcinowski, S., Falk, H., Hammer, D.K., Hoyer, B. and Grisebach, H. (1979) Appearance and localization of a fi-glucosidase hydrolyzing coniferin in spruce (Picea abies)... 

Prepared from coniferin with glucosidase, glucose oxidase, and peroxidase at pH 5. 

Coniferin can be incorporated into lignin in a variety of species (Grisebach, 1981) and, because a p-glucosidase has been located in the xylem of some plants, it is possible that this enzyme controls the rate and location of lignification. Although coniferin is incorporated into lignin, there is little evidence that it is an obligatory precursor. Compounds of this type may be involved in transport of the monomers (Lewis and Yamamoto, 1990). 

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