Fang Chen

TL;DR: Isolated lignins from alfalfa deficient in caffeic acid 3-O-methyltransferase contained benzodioxanes resulting from the incorporation of the novel monomer, 5-hydroxyconiferyl alcohol, due to the high level incorporated into the soluble lignin fraction and the use of sensitive NMR instrumentation, unique structural features were revealed.

TL;DR: Glycome profiling revealed an increased extractability of some xylan and pectin epitopes from the cell walls of the cad1-1 mutant but decreased Extractability of others, suggesting that aldehyde-dominant lignin significantly alters cell wall structure.

TL;DR: Observations suggest that CCR2 is involved in a route to monolignols in Medicago whereby coniferaldehyde is formed via caffeyl aldehyde which then is 3-O-methylated by caffeic acid O-methyltransferase.

TL;DR: A conserved amino acid critical for NST1/SND1 function is identified, and trans-activation assays show that the expression of the NAC master switch itself is under both positive (autoregulatory) and negative control.

TL;DR: In this article, the insertion of Tnt1 in a gene annotated as encoding a NAM (no apical meristem)-like protein (here designated Medicago truncatula NAC SECONDARY WALL THRICKENING PROMOTING FACTOR 1, MtNST1) resulted in reduced lignin content.