Phenolic cross-links: building and de-constructing the plant cell wall

Authors: Ewelina Mnich, Nanna Bjarnholt, Aymerick Eudes, Jesper Harholt, Claire Holland, Bodil Jørgensen, Flemming Hofmann Larsen, Ming Liu, Renil Manat, Anne S. Meyer, Jørn Dalgaard Mikkelsen, Mohammed Saddik Motawia, Jan Muschiol, Birger Lindberg Møller, Svenning Rune Møller, Alixander Perzon, Bent Larsen Petersen, Jonas Laukkonen Ravn, Peter Ulvskov

Published: 2020-01-23

DOI: 10.1039/c9np00028c

Source: Full article

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Abstract

Phenolic cross-links and inter-unit linkages result from the oxidative coupling of hydroxycinnamates leading to lignin assembly and cross-linking with cell wall polysaccharides and extensin proteins.