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SUBMITTER: Cai Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4931242 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cai Yuanheng Y Zhang Kewei K Kim Hoon H Hou Guichuan G Zhang Xuebin X Yang Huijun H Feng Huan H Miller Lisa L Ralph John J Liu Chang-Jun CJ
Nature communications 20160628
Producing cellulosic biofuels and bio-based chemicals from woody biomass is impeded by the presence of lignin polymer in the plant cell wall. Manipulating the monolignol biosynthetic pathway offers a promising approach to improved processability, but often impairs plant growth and development. Here, we show that expressing an engineered 4-O-methyltransferase that chemically modifies the phenolic moiety of lignin monomeric precursors, thus preventing their incorporation into the lignin polymer, s ...[more]