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Digestibility of plant biomass

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OSTI ID:1502837
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Plants described herein have increased biomass and are more readily digested into fermentable sugars when the plants express increased levels of one or more types of CGR2 and/or CGR3 enzymes.

Research Organization:
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-91ER20021
Assignee:
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
Patent Number(s):
10,202,614
Application Number:
14/901,904
OSTI ID:
1502837
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (5)

Engineering the cell wall by reducing de-methyl-esterified homogalacturonan improves saccharification of plant tissues for bioconversion journal December 2009
Pectin Methylesterification Impacts the Relationship Between Photosynthesis and Plant Growth in Arabidopsis thaliana journal April 2016
CGR3: A Golgi-Localized Protein Influencing Homogalacturonan Methylesterification journal September 2011
CGR2 and CGR3 have critical overlapping roles in pectin methylesterification and plant growth in Arabidopsis thaliana journal March 2015
Homogalacturonan synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana requires a Golgi-localized protein with a putative methyltransferase domain: Homogalacturonan synthesis in Arabidopsis: journal April 2007

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