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Isoenzymes of hydroxycinnamate: CoA ligase from poplar stems properties and tissue distribution
C Grand1, A Boudet, A M Boudet
1Centre de Physiologie Végétale, Laboratoire Associé au C.N.R.S. N° 241, Université Paul Sabatier, 118, route de Narbonne, F-31062, Toulouse Cédex, France.
Abstract:
Three different forms of hydroxycinnamate: CoA ligase (EC 6.2.1-) have been separated by chromatofocusing from poplar stems. These three forms exhibit different substrate specificities and tissue distribution. A correlation was established between the monomeric composition of lignins isolated from xylem and sclerenchyma and the pattern of hydroxycinnamate: CoA ligase isoforms in these tissues. The results obtained indicate that, in poplar, the hydroxycinnamate: CoA ligase isoenzymes could play an important role in the control of the monomeric composition of lignins.
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