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C Pillonel1, M M Mulder, J J Boon, B Forster, A Binder.
Abstract
The lignin structure and enzyme activities of normal and brown-midrib (BMR-6) mutant lines of Sorghum bicolor have been compared to identify the enzyme(s) involved in the reduction of the lignin content of the mutant. The results indicate that cinnamyl-alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD) and caffeic acid O-methyltransferase are depressed in the BMR-6 line, whereas the structural modifications correspond only to a reduction of CAD activity. Apparently, the change in the Sorghum lignin content, caused by depression of CAD activity, is accompanied by the incorporation of cinnamaldehydes into the core lignin.Entities:
Year: 1991 PMID: 24186532 DOI: 10.1007/BF00202964
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Planta ISSN: 0032-0935 Impact factor: 4.116