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Targeting hydroxycinnamoyl CoA: shikimate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase for lignin modification in Brachypodium distachyon
BackgroundHydroxycinnamoyl CoA: shikimate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase (HCT) is a central enzyme of the so-called “esters” pathway to monolignols. As...
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Influences of polysaccharides in wood cell walls on lignification in vitro
To elucidate the effects of polysaccharides, cellulose, water-soluble xylan (WXY), galactoglucomannan (GGM) and xyloglucan (XG) on lignification in...
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Report of genome sequence of Rhodococcus biphenylivorans strain GA1, an isolate capable of efficiently degrading lignin and its derivates
Rhodococcus biphenylivorans GA1 was successfully isolated, which can efficiently degrade alkali lignin and a variety of lignin-derived aromatic...
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Dependence of Enzymatic Saccharification on the Type of Biomass and Pretreatment
Variety of agricultural crops and other forest residues form an important lignocellulosic biomass feedstock for biorefineries. However, these...
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β-O-4' Dimerization of Coniferyl Alcohol: Ab Initio Study
AbstractThe structures of two radical forms of coniferyl alcohol and their dimer are optimized by density functional means using the B3LYP functional...
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Relationship of Phenolic Metabolism to Growth in Plant and Cell Cultures Under Stress
Higher plants synthesize large array of phenolic metabolites. Phenolics are defined as “specialized metabolites” due to the observation that each...
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Constitutive Defense Strategy of Coffee Under Field Conditions: A Comparative Assessment of Resistant and Susceptible Cultivars to Rust
Coffea arabica is the most economically important coffee species worldwide. However, its production is severely limited by diseases such as rust. The...
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Overexpression of the rice BAHD acyltransferase AT10 increases xylan-bound p-coumarate and reduces lignin in Sorghum bicolor
BackgroundThe development of bioenergy crops with reduced recalcitrance to enzymatic degradation represents an important challenge to enable the...
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Microwave-assisted catalytic pyrolysis of ferulic acid, as a lignin model compound
Studies of the effect of microwave (MW) pretreatment on the pyrolysis of ferulic acid (FA), as a model compound of lignin, on the CeO 2 surface are...
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Photocatalytic Conversion of Lignin in the Presence of Titania and Iron Titanate Films
The photocatalytic conversion of lignin, obtained from camelina ( Camelina sativa ), over titania and iron titanate films has been studied with...
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Critical enzyme reactions in aromatic catabolism for microbial lignin conversion
The application of microbes to valorize aromatic compounds derived from the abundant plant biopolymer lignin is a rapidly develo** area of research...
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Tailoring renewable materials via plant biotechnology
Plants inherently display a rich diversity in cell wall chemistry, as they synthesize an array of polysaccharides along with lignin, a polyphenolic...
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Elucidation of alcoholysis for the preparation of lignin-free wood sections from Cryptomeria japonica
This study reports on the preparation of lignin-free wood sections maintaining the anatomical structure of Cryptomeria japonica by means of...
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LACCASE14 is required for the deposition of guaiacyl lignin and affects cell wall digestibility in poplar
BackgroundThe recalcitrance of lignocellulosic biomass provided technical and economic challenges in the current biomass conversion processes. Lignin...
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Use of the lignocellulose-degrading bacterium Caldicellulosiruptor bescii to assess recalcitrance and conversion of wild-type and transgenic poplar
BackgroundBiological conversion of lignocellulosic biomass is significantly hindered by feedstock recalcitrance, which is typically assessed through...
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Heterologous expression of Arabidopsis laccase2, laccase4 and peroxidase52 driven under develo** xylem specific promoter DX15 improves saccharification in populus
BackgroundSecondary cell wall holds considerable potential as it has gained immense momentum to replace the lignocellulosic feedstock into fuels....
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Lignin Synthesis and Degradation
Lignin, an amorphous hetero-polymer, deposited over the secondary cell walls to form an inflexible and impervious layer where it acts as structural...
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Lignin as Potent Industrial Biopolymer: An Introduction
Lignin is a complex biological molecule and well known as a second abundant biopolymer on the planet. It also produced as a by-product of...
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Could termites be hiding a goldmine of obscure yet promising yeasts for energy crisis solutions based on aromatic wastes? A critical state-of-the-art review
Biodiesel is a renewable fuel that can be produced from a range of organic and renewable feedstock including fresh or vegetable oils, animal fats,...
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Composite nanoparticles derived by self-assembling of hydrophobic polysaccharide derivatives and lignin
Composite nanoparticles (NPs) consisting of lignin and different polysaccharide (PS) derivatives were prepared. In this synergistic approach, the PS...
