Suppression of CINNAMOYL-CoA REDUCTASE increases the level of monolignol ferulates incorporated into maize lignins
Abstract
Background.The cell wall polymer lignin provides structural support and rigidity to plant cell walls, and therefore to the plant body. However, the recalcitrance associated with lignin impedes the extraction of polysaccharides from the cell wall to make plant-based biofuels and biomaterials. The cell wall digestibility can be improved by introducing labile ester bonds into the lignin backbone that can be easily broken under mild base treatment at room temperature. The FERULOYL-CoA MONOLIGNOL TRANSFERASE (FMT) enzyme, which may be naturally found in many plants, uses feruloyl-CoA and monolignols to synthesize the ester-linked monolignol ferulate conjugates. A mutation in the first lignin-specific biosynthetic enzyme, CINNAMOYL-CoA REDUCTASE (CCR), results in an increase in the intracellular pool of feruloyl-CoA. Results. Maize (Zea mays) has a native putative FMT enzyme, and its ccr mutants produce an increased pool of feruloyl-CoA that can be used for conversion to monolignol ferulate conjugates. The decreased lignin content and monomers did not, however, impact the plant growth or biomass. The increase in monolignol conjugates correlated with an improvement in the digestibility of maize stem rind tissue. Conclusions. Together, increased monolignol ferulates and improved digestibility in ccr1 mutant plants suggests that they may be superior biofuel crops.
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- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). Wisconsin Energy Institute
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1618676
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1393539
- Grant/Contract Number:
- BER DE-FC02-07ER64494; FC02-07ER64494
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Biotechnology for Biofuels
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Biotechnology for Biofuels Journal Volume: 10 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1754-6834
- Publisher:
- Springer Science + Business Media
- Country of Publication:
- Netherlands
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 09 BIOMASS FUELS; Zea mays; Mass spectrometry; Cell wall digestibility; Biofuels
Citation Formats
Smith, Rebecca A., Cass, Cynthia L., Mazaheri, Mona, Sekhon, Rajandeep S., Heckwolf, Marlies, Kaeppler, Heidi, de Leon, Natalia, Mansfield, Shawn D., Kaeppler, Shawn M., Sedbrook, John C., Karlen, Steven D., and Ralph, John. Suppression of CINNAMOYL-CoA REDUCTASE increases the level of monolignol ferulates incorporated into maize lignins. Netherlands: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1186/s13068-017-0793-1.
Smith, Rebecca A., Cass, Cynthia L., Mazaheri, Mona, Sekhon, Rajandeep S., Heckwolf, Marlies, Kaeppler, Heidi, de Leon, Natalia, Mansfield, Shawn D., Kaeppler, Shawn M., Sedbrook, John C., Karlen, Steven D., & Ralph, John. Suppression of CINNAMOYL-CoA REDUCTASE increases the level of monolignol ferulates incorporated into maize lignins. Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-017-0793-1
Smith, Rebecca A., Cass, Cynthia L., Mazaheri, Mona, Sekhon, Rajandeep S., Heckwolf, Marlies, Kaeppler, Heidi, de Leon, Natalia, Mansfield, Shawn D., Kaeppler, Shawn M., Sedbrook, John C., Karlen, Steven D., and Ralph, John. Tue .
"Suppression of CINNAMOYL-CoA REDUCTASE increases the level of monolignol ferulates incorporated into maize lignins". Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-017-0793-1.
@article{osti_1618676,
title = {Suppression of CINNAMOYL-CoA REDUCTASE increases the level of monolignol ferulates incorporated into maize lignins},
author = {Smith, Rebecca A. and Cass, Cynthia L. and Mazaheri, Mona and Sekhon, Rajandeep S. and Heckwolf, Marlies and Kaeppler, Heidi and de Leon, Natalia and Mansfield, Shawn D. and Kaeppler, Shawn M. and Sedbrook, John C. and Karlen, Steven D. and Ralph, John},
abstractNote = {Background.The cell wall polymer lignin provides structural support and rigidity to plant cell walls, and therefore to the plant body. However, the recalcitrance associated with lignin impedes the extraction of polysaccharides from the cell wall to make plant-based biofuels and biomaterials. The cell wall digestibility can be improved by introducing labile ester bonds into the lignin backbone that can be easily broken under mild base treatment at room temperature. The FERULOYL-CoA MONOLIGNOL TRANSFERASE (FMT) enzyme, which may be naturally found in many plants, uses feruloyl-CoA and monolignols to synthesize the ester-linked monolignol ferulate conjugates. A mutation in the first lignin-specific biosynthetic enzyme, CINNAMOYL-CoA REDUCTASE (CCR), results in an increase in the intracellular pool of feruloyl-CoA. Results. Maize (Zea mays) has a native putative FMT enzyme, and its ccr mutants produce an increased pool of feruloyl-CoA that can be used for conversion to monolignol ferulate conjugates. The decreased lignin content and monomers did not, however, impact the plant growth or biomass. The increase in monolignol conjugates correlated with an improvement in the digestibility of maize stem rind tissue. Conclusions. Together, increased monolignol ferulates and improved digestibility in ccr1 mutant plants suggests that they may be superior biofuel crops.},
doi = {10.1186/s13068-017-0793-1},
journal = {Biotechnology for Biofuels},
number = 1,
volume = 10,
place = {Netherlands},
year = {Tue May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Tue May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-017-0793-1
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