Lignin is a large phenolic polymer found in the cell wall of most land plants. Volume ABR104, provides in-depth reviews on the most recent discoveries in the field. It revisits the lignin paradigm and reviews the occurrence of unconventional lignin precursors that are derived from both the monolignol biosynthetic pathway, and from other polyphenolic biosynthetic pathways. The volume encompasses the most recent data about the regulation of lignin biosynthesis in a environment of polysaccharides, the importance of oxidases, the pivotal role of feruloylation and coumaroylation of the cell wall both in the lignified stem and in the cereal grain. The volume gives an important part to the transcriptional regulation at different scales. At last, vibrational and fluorescence microscopy methods to characterize the lignin-decorated cell wall as well the most recent bioengineering approaches towards lignin modification are reviewed.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Table of Contents - p. iii 3. Series Page - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Preface - p. xi 7. Dedication - p. xiv 8. Chapter One: Unconventional lignin monomers—Extension of the lignin paradigm - p. 1 9. Chapter Two: Lignin synthesis and bioengineering approaches toward lignin modification - p. 47 10. Chapter Three: Glycobiology of the plant secondary cell wall dynamics - p. 115 11. Chapter Four: Oxidative enzymes in lignification - p. 150 12. Chapter Five: Ferulic and coumaric acids in the cereal grain: Occurrence, biosynthesis, biological and technological functions - p. 179 13. Chapter Six: In situ imaging of lignin and related compounds by Raman, Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) and fluorescence microscopy - p. 241 14. Chapter Seven: Spatio-temporal regulation of lignification - p. 271 15. Chapter Eight: Transcriptional regulation of secondary cell wall formation and lignification - p. 317 16. Chapter Nine: Regulation of secondary cell wall lignification by abiotic and biotic constraints - p. 369
Lignin is a large phenolic polymer found in the cell wall of most land plants. Volume ABR104, provides in-depth reviews on the most recent discoveries in the field. It revisits the lignin paradigm and reviews the occurrence of unconventional lignin precursors that are derived from both the monolignol biosynthetic pathway, and from other polyphenolic biosynthetic pathways. The volume encompasses the most recent data about the regulation of lignin biosynthesis in a environment of polysaccharides, the importance of oxidases, the pivotal role of feruloylation and coumaroylation of the cell wall both in the lignified stem and in the cereal grain. The volume gives an important part to the transcriptional regulation at different scales. At last, vibrational and fluorescence microscopy methods to characterize the lignin-decorated cell wall as well the most recent bioengineering approaches towards lignin modification are reviewed.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Table of Contents - p. iii 3. Series Page - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Preface - p. xi 7. Dedication - p. xiv 8. Chapter One: Unconventional lignin monomers—Extension of the lignin paradigm - p. 1 9. Chapter Two: Lignin synthesis and bioengineering approaches toward lignin modification - p. 47 10. Chapter Three: Glycobiology of the plant secondary cell wall dynamics - p. 115 11. Chapter Four: Oxidative enzymes in lignification - p. 150 12. Chapter Five: Ferulic and coumaric acids in the cereal grain: Occurrence, biosynthesis, biological and technological functions - p. 179 13. Chapter Six: In situ imaging of lignin and related compounds by Raman, Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) and fluorescence microscopy - p. 241 14. Chapter Seven: Spatio-temporal regulation of lignification - p. 271 15. Chapter Eight: Transcriptional regulation of secondary cell wall formation and lignification - p. 317 16. Chapter Nine: Regulation of secondary cell wall lignification by abiotic and biotic constraints - p. 369
