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ArticleFrontiers in plant science2014

Biochemical and molecular changes associated with heteroxylan biosynthesis in Neolamarckia cadamba (Rubiaceae) during xylogenesis.

Xianhai Zhao, Kunxi Ouyang, Siming Gan, Wei Zeng, Lili Song, Shuai Zhao, Juncheng Li, Monika S Doblin, Antony Bacic, Xiao-Yang Chen and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in plant science, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Xianhai ZhaoGuangdong Key Laboratory for Innovative Development and Utilization of Forest Plant Germplasm, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou China ; State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangzhou China.
Kunxi OuyangGuangdong Key Laboratory for Innovative Development and Utilization of Forest Plant Germplasm, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou China ; State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangzhou China.
Siming GanState Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing China ; Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou China.
Wei ZengARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls, School of Botany, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC Australia.
Lili SongNurturing Station for the State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou China.
Shuai ZhaoGuangdong Key Laboratory for Innovative Development and Utilization of Forest Plant Germplasm, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou China ; State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangzhou China.
Juncheng LiGuangdong Key Laboratory for Innovative Development and Utilization of Forest Plant Germplasm, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou China ; State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangzhou China.
Monika S DoblinARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls, School of Botany, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC Australia.
Antony BacicARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls, School of Botany, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC Australia ; Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC Australia.
Xiao-Yang ChenGuangdong Key Laboratory for Innovative Development and Utilization of Forest Plant Germplasm, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou China ; State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangzhou China.
Alan MarchantCentre for Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton UK.
Xiaomei DengGuangdong Key Laboratory for Innovative Development and Utilization of Forest Plant Germplasm, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou China ; State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangzhou China ; College of Forest, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou China.
Ai-Min WuGuangdong Key Laboratory for Innovative Development and Utilization of Forest Plant Germplasm, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou China ; State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangzhou China ; College of Forest, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou China.
State Key Laboratory For Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-BioresourcesUniversity of Melbourne · AUSouth China Agricultural University · CNResearch Institute of Tropical Forestry · CNUniversity of Southampton · GBZhejiang A & F University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wood, derived from plant secondary growth, is a commercially important material. Both cellulose and lignin assembly have been well studied during wood formation (xylogenesis), but heteroxylan biosynthesis is less well defined. Elucidation of the heteroxylan biosynthetic pathway is crucial to understand the mechanism of wood formation. Here, we use Neolamarckia cadamba, a fast-growing tropical tree, as a sample to analyze heteroxylan formation at the biochemical and molecular levels during wood formation. Analysis of the non-cellulosic polysaccharides isolated from N. cadamba stems shows that heteroxylans dominate non-cellulosic polysaccharides and increase with xylogenesis. Microsomes isolated from stems of 1-year-old N. cadamba exhibited UDP-Xyl synthase and xylosyltransferase activities with the highest activity present in the middle and basal stem regions. To further understand the genetic basis of heteroxylan synthesis, RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) was used to generate transcriptomes of N. cadamba during xylogenesis. The RNA-seq results showed that genes related to heteroxylan synthesis had higher expression levels in the middle and basal part of the stem compared to the apical part. Our results describe the heteroxylan distribution and heteroxylan synthesis trait in N. cadamba and give a new example for understanding the mechanism of heteroxylan synthesis in tropical tree species in future.

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heteroxylanNeolamarckia cadamba (Rubiaceae)RNA-seqxylogenesisXylT activity

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