Targeting hydroxycinnamoyl CoA: shikimate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase for lignin modification in Brachypodium distachyon
Abstract
Background: Hydroxycinnamoyl CoA: shikimate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase (HCT) is a central enzyme of the so-called “esters” pathway to monolignols. As originally envisioned, HCT functions twice in this pathway, to form coumaroyl shikimate and then, in the “reverse” direction, to convert caffeoyl shikimate to caffeoyl CoA. The discovery of a caffeoyl shikimate esterase (CSE) that forms caffeic acid directly from caffeoyl shikimate calls into question the need for the reverse HCT reaction in lignin biosynthesis. Loss of function of HCT gives severe growth phenotypes in several dicot plants, but less so in some monocots, questioning whether this enzyme, and therefore the shikimate shunt, plays the same role in both monocots and dicots. The model grass Brachypodium distachyon has two HCT genes, but lacks a classical CSE gene. This study was therefore conducted to evaluate the utility of HCT as a target for lignin modification in a species with an “incomplete” shikimate shunt.Results: The kinetic properties of recombinant B. distachyon HCTs were compared with those from Arabidopsis thaliana, Medicago truncatula, and Panicum virgatum (switchgrass) for both the forward and reverse reactions. Along with two M. truncatula HCTs, B. distachyon HCT2 had the least kinetically unfavorable reverse HCT reaction, and this enzyme is inducedmore »
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- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1768106
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1787575; OSTI ID: 1797629
- Grant/Contract Number:
- Center for Bioenergy Innovation; AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Biotechnology for Biofuels
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Biotechnology for Biofuels Journal Volume: 14 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1754-6834
- Publisher:
- Springer Science + Business Media
- Country of Publication:
- Netherlands
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 09 BIOMASS FUELS; 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Lignin modifcation; Phenylpropanoid biosynthesis; Saccharifcation efciency; RNA interference; Monocot; NMR analysis
Citation Formats
Serrani-Yarce, Juan Carlos, Escamilla-Trevino, Luis, Barros, Jaime, Gallego-Giraldo, Lina, Pu, Yunqiao, Ragauskas, Art, and Dixon, Richard A. Targeting hydroxycinnamoyl CoA: shikimate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase for lignin modification in Brachypodium distachyon. Netherlands: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1186/s13068-021-01905-1.
Serrani-Yarce, Juan Carlos, Escamilla-Trevino, Luis, Barros, Jaime, Gallego-Giraldo, Lina, Pu, Yunqiao, Ragauskas, Art, & Dixon, Richard A. Targeting hydroxycinnamoyl CoA: shikimate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase for lignin modification in Brachypodium distachyon. Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-021-01905-1
Serrani-Yarce, Juan Carlos, Escamilla-Trevino, Luis, Barros, Jaime, Gallego-Giraldo, Lina, Pu, Yunqiao, Ragauskas, Art, and Dixon, Richard A. Sat .
"Targeting hydroxycinnamoyl CoA: shikimate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase for lignin modification in Brachypodium distachyon". Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-021-01905-1.
@article{osti_1768106,
title = {Targeting hydroxycinnamoyl CoA: shikimate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase for lignin modification in Brachypodium distachyon},
author = {Serrani-Yarce, Juan Carlos and Escamilla-Trevino, Luis and Barros, Jaime and Gallego-Giraldo, Lina and Pu, Yunqiao and Ragauskas, Art and Dixon, Richard A.},
abstractNote = {Background: Hydroxycinnamoyl CoA: shikimate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase (HCT) is a central enzyme of the so-called “esters” pathway to monolignols. As originally envisioned, HCT functions twice in this pathway, to form coumaroyl shikimate and then, in the “reverse” direction, to convert caffeoyl shikimate to caffeoyl CoA. The discovery of a caffeoyl shikimate esterase (CSE) that forms caffeic acid directly from caffeoyl shikimate calls into question the need for the reverse HCT reaction in lignin biosynthesis. Loss of function of HCT gives severe growth phenotypes in several dicot plants, but less so in some monocots, questioning whether this enzyme, and therefore the shikimate shunt, plays the same role in both monocots and dicots. The model grass Brachypodium distachyon has two HCT genes, but lacks a classical CSE gene. This study was therefore conducted to evaluate the utility of HCT as a target for lignin modification in a species with an “incomplete” shikimate shunt.Results: The kinetic properties of recombinant B. distachyon HCTs were compared with those from Arabidopsis thaliana, Medicago truncatula, and Panicum virgatum (switchgrass) for both the forward and reverse reactions. Along with two M. truncatula HCTs, B. distachyon HCT2 had the least kinetically unfavorable reverse HCT reaction, and this enzyme is induced when HCT1 is down-regulated. Down regulation of B. distachyon HCT1, or co-down-regulation of HCT1 and HCT2, by RNA interference led to reduced lignin levels, with only modest changes in lignin composition and molecular weight.Conclusions: Down-regulation of HCT1, or co-down-regulation of both HCT genes, in B. distachyon results in less extensive changes in lignin content/composition and cell wall structure than observed following HCT down-regulation in dicots, with little negative impact on biomass yield. Nevertheless, HCT down-regulation leads to significant improvements in biomass saccharification efficiency, making this gene a preferred target for biotechnological improvement of grasses for bioprocessing.},
doi = {10.1186/s13068-021-01905-1},
journal = {Biotechnology for Biofuels},
number = 1,
volume = 14,
place = {Netherlands},
year = {Sat Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 2021},
month = {Sat Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 2021}
}
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-021-01905-1
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