Lignans and lignins biosynthesis

Davin, L. B., and Lewis, N. G., 2000, Dirigent proteins and dirigent sites explain the mystery of specificity of radical precursor coupling in lignan and lignin biosynthesis, Plant Physiol. 123 453-461. 

Lewis, N.G. and Davin, L.B. (1998) The biochemical control of monolignol coupling and structure during lignan and lignin biosynthesis. ACS Symp. Sen, 697, 334—61. 

Monolignol—phytochemicals acting as source materials for biosynthesis of both lignans and lignin. 

Davin, F.B. and Lewis, N.G. (1992) Phenylpropanoid metabolism biosynthesis of monolignols, lignans and neolignans, lignins and suberins, in Phenolic Metabolism in Plants (eds H.A. Stafford and R.K. Ibrahim). Plenum, New York, pp. 325-75. 

Brunow, G. (1998) Oxidative conphng of phenols and the biosynthesis of lignin. In Lewis, N. G., and Sarkanen, S. (eds). Lignin and Lignan Biosynthesis, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC. 

C. A. Bonner R. A. Jensen, Upstream Metabolic Segments that Support Lignin Biosynthesis. In Lignin and LIgnan Biosynthesis] N. G. Lewis, S. Sarkanen, Eds. ACS Symposium Series Washington, DC, 1998 Vol. 697, pp 29-41. 

L. B. Davin N. G. Lewis, Phenylpropanoid Metabolism Biosynthesis of Monolignols, Lignans and Neolignans, Lignins and Suberins. In Recent Advances in Phytochemistry] Vol. 26 Phenolic Metabolism in Plants H. A. Stafford, R. K. Ibrahim, Eds. Plenum Press New York, 1992 pp 325-375. 

The reductive sequence from an appropriate cinnamic acid to the corresponding cinnamyl alcohol is not restricted to lignin and lignan biosynthesis, and is utilized for the production of various phenylpropene derivatives. Thus cinnamaldehyde (Figure 4.23) is the principal component in the... 

Brunow G, Kilpelainen I, Sipila 1, Syijanen K, Karhunen P, Setala H, Rummakko P (1998) In Lewis NG, Sarkanen S (eds) Lignin and lignan biosynthesis. ACS Symp Ser 697 131... 

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