Introduction of chemically labile substructures into Arabidopsis lignin through the use of LigD, the C-dehydrogenase from Sphingobium sp strain SYK-6

• Main Authors: Tsuji, Yukiko, Vanholme, Ruben, Tobimatsu, Yuki, Ishikawa, Yasuyuki, Foster, Clifton E., Kamimura, Naofumi, Hishiyama, Shojiro, Hashimoto, Saki, Shino, Amiu, Hara, Hirofumi, Kanna, Sato-Izawa, Oyarce, Paula, Goeminne, Geert, Morreel, Kris, Kikuchi Morreel, Jun, Takano, Toshiyuki, Fukuda, Masao, Katayama, Yoshihiro, Boerjan, Wout, John, Ralph, Masai, Eiji, Kajita, Shinya
• Format: Article
• Published: Blackwell Publishing 2015
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/56015/; http://dx.doi.org/0.1111/pbi.12316

Bacteria-derived enzymes that can modify specific lignin substructures are potential targets to engineer plants for better biomass processability. The Gram-negative bacterium Sphingobium sp. SYK-6 possesses a Ca-dehydrogenase (LigD) enzyme that has been shown to oxidize the a-hydroxy functionalities...