The unexpected malleability of lignin
Abstract
Here, Curcumin, an aromatic diarylheptanoid, is a principal component of turmeric (Curcuma longa), commonly used in Asian cooking, giving curry its orange colour. Introducing two enzymes into Arabidopsis thaliana caused incorporation of curcumin into its lignin polymer, enhancing sugar release from the cell wall and turning it yellow.
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1530102
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- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Plants
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2055-0278
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
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Tuskan, Gerald A. The unexpected malleability of lignin. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41477-019-0360-9.
Tuskan, Gerald A. The unexpected malleability of lignin. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-019-0360-9
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"The unexpected malleability of lignin". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-019-0360-9. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1530102.
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title = {The unexpected malleability of lignin},
author = {Tuskan, Gerald A.},
abstractNote = {Here, Curcumin, an aromatic diarylheptanoid, is a principal component of turmeric (Curcuma longa), commonly used in Asian cooking, giving curry its orange colour. Introducing two enzymes into Arabidopsis thaliana caused incorporation of curcumin into its lignin polymer, enhancing sugar release from the cell wall and turning it yellow.},
doi = {10.1038/s41477-019-0360-9},
journal = {Nature Plants},
number = 2,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
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