Lignin synthesis

In our investigations, we also detected the sorption of isoPO from potato, Arabidopsis and wheat, by calcium pectate. Moreover, we observed the binding with calcium pectate of potato PO from the fraction of proteins ionically bound with cell walls. It is likely that the ability of some PO isoforms to bind with pectin ensures the spatial proximity of these enzymes to the sites of the initiation of lignin synthesis and that these "pectin-specific" isoforms take part in this process. 

Besseau S, Hoffmann L, Geoffroy P, Lapierre C, Pollet B, Legrand M. 2007. Flavonoid accumulation in arabidopsis repressed in lignin synthesis affects auxin transport and plant growth. Plant Cell 19 148-162. 

Grand, C., Sami, F. Lamb, C.J. (1987). Rapid induction by fungal elicitor of the synthesis of cinnamyl-alcohol dehydrogenase, a specific enzyme of lignin synthesis. European Journal of Biochemistry 169, 73-7. 

Walter, M.H., Grima-Pettenati, J., Grand, C., Boudet, A.M. Lamb, C.J. (1988). Cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase, a molecular marker specific for lignin synthesis cDNA cloning and mRNA induction by fungal elicitor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 86, 5546-50. 

Digestion yields the active anti-PTH aglycone Coniferyl alcohol [lignin synthesis precursor]... 

Grand, C. (1984) Ferulic acid 5-hydroxylase a new cytochrome P4so-dependent enzyme from higher plant microsomes involved in lignin synthesis. FEBS Lett., 169, 7-11. 

Pincon, G., Maury, S., Hoffmann, L., Geoffroy, P, Lapierre, C., Pollet, B. and Legrand, M. (2001) Repression of O-methyltransferase genes in transgenic tobacco affects lignin synthesis and plant growth. Phytochemistry, 57,1167-76. 

Pentose phosphate pathway Lignin synthesis Calvin cycle C4 pathway... 

Lignin, tannins, pigments, and flavor components of spices (cinnamon oil, wintergreen oil, bitter almond, nutmeg, cayenne pepper, vanilla bean, clove, and ginger) are all derived from coniferyl alcohol, which is also the central intermediate in lignin synthesis. 

GRAND, C., Ferulic Acid 5-Hydroxylase - a New Cytochrome P-450-Dependent Enzyme from Higher-Plant Microsomes Involved in Lignin Synthesis, FEBS Lett., 1984,169, 7-11. 

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