Enhancing digestibility and ethanol yield of Populus wood via expression of an engineered monolignol 4-O-methyltransferase

The efficiency of cellulosic biofuel production from woody biomass is limited by the presence of lignin that impedes efficient processing. Here the authors show that transgenic modification of aspen to depress lignin polymerization can increase ethanol yield without affecting tree growth.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Yuanheng Cai, Kewei Zhang, Hoon Kim, Guichuan Hou, Xuebin Zhang, Huijun Yang, Huan Feng, Lisa Miller, John Ralph, Chang-Jun Liu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Publishing Group 2016-06-01
Series:	Nature Communications
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11989

id	doaj-3c992062704243b7996eb155ad4e702f
record_format	Article
spelling	doaj-3c992062704243b7996eb155ad4e702f2021-05-11T11:08:32ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232016-06-017111410.1038/ncomms11989Enhancing digestibility and ethanol yield of Populus wood via expression of an engineered monolignol 4-O-methyltransferaseYuanheng Cai0Kewei Zhang1Hoon Kim2Guichuan Hou3Xuebin Zhang4Huijun Yang5Huan Feng6Lisa Miller7John Ralph8Chang-Jun Liu9Biology Department, Brookhaven National LaboratoryBiology Department, Brookhaven National LaboratoryDepartment of Biochemistry, and the DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, The Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of WisconsinDewel Microscopy Facility, Appalachian State UniversityBiology Department, Brookhaven National LaboratoryBiology Department, Brookhaven National LaboratoryBiology Department, Brookhaven National LaboratoryNational Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National LaboratoryDepartment of Biochemistry, and the DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, The Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of WisconsinBiology Department, Brookhaven National LaboratoryThe efficiency of cellulosic biofuel production from woody biomass is limited by the presence of lignin that impedes efficient processing. Here the authors show that transgenic modification of aspen to depress lignin polymerization can increase ethanol yield without affecting tree growth.https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11989
collection	DOAJ
language	English
format	Article
sources	DOAJ
author	Yuanheng Cai Kewei Zhang Hoon Kim Guichuan Hou Xuebin Zhang Huijun Yang Huan Feng Lisa Miller John Ralph Chang-Jun Liu
spellingShingle	Yuanheng Cai Kewei Zhang Hoon Kim Guichuan Hou Xuebin Zhang Huijun Yang Huan Feng Lisa Miller John Ralph Chang-Jun Liu Enhancing digestibility and ethanol yield of Populus wood via expression of an engineered monolignol 4-O-methyltransferase Nature Communications
author_facet	Yuanheng Cai Kewei Zhang Hoon Kim Guichuan Hou Xuebin Zhang Huijun Yang Huan Feng Lisa Miller John Ralph Chang-Jun Liu
author_sort	Yuanheng Cai
title	Enhancing digestibility and ethanol yield of Populus wood via expression of an engineered monolignol 4-O-methyltransferase
title_short	Enhancing digestibility and ethanol yield of Populus wood via expression of an engineered monolignol 4-O-methyltransferase
title_full	Enhancing digestibility and ethanol yield of Populus wood via expression of an engineered monolignol 4-O-methyltransferase
title_fullStr	Enhancing digestibility and ethanol yield of Populus wood via expression of an engineered monolignol 4-O-methyltransferase
title_full_unstemmed	Enhancing digestibility and ethanol yield of Populus wood via expression of an engineered monolignol 4-O-methyltransferase
title_sort	enhancing digestibility and ethanol yield of populus wood via expression of an engineered monolignol 4-o-methyltransferase
publisher	Nature Publishing Group
series	Nature Communications
issn	2041-1723
publishDate	2016-06-01
description	The efficiency of cellulosic biofuel production from woody biomass is limited by the presence of lignin that impedes efficient processing. Here the authors show that transgenic modification of aspen to depress lignin polymerization can increase ethanol yield without affecting tree growth.
url	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11989
work_keys_str_mv	AT yuanhengcai enhancingdigestibilityandethanolyieldofpopuluswoodviaexpressionofanengineeredmonolignol4omethyltransferase AT keweizhang enhancingdigestibilityandethanolyieldofpopuluswoodviaexpressionofanengineeredmonolignol4omethyltransferase AT hoonkim enhancingdigestibilityandethanolyieldofpopuluswoodviaexpressionofanengineeredmonolignol4omethyltransferase AT guichuanhou enhancingdigestibilityandethanolyieldofpopuluswoodviaexpressionofanengineeredmonolignol4omethyltransferase AT xuebinzhang enhancingdigestibilityandethanolyieldofpopuluswoodviaexpressionofanengineeredmonolignol4omethyltransferase AT huijunyang enhancingdigestibilityandethanolyieldofpopuluswoodviaexpressionofanengineeredmonolignol4omethyltransferase AT huanfeng enhancingdigestibilityandethanolyieldofpopuluswoodviaexpressionofanengineeredmonolignol4omethyltransferase AT lisamiller enhancingdigestibilityandethanolyieldofpopuluswoodviaexpressionofanengineeredmonolignol4omethyltransferase AT johnralph enhancingdigestibilityandethanolyieldofpopuluswoodviaexpressionofanengineeredmonolignol4omethyltransferase AT changjunliu enhancingdigestibilityandethanolyieldofpopuluswoodviaexpressionofanengineeredmonolignol4omethyltransferase
_version_	1721446954069655552

Enhancing digestibility and ethanol yield of Populus wood via expression of an engineered monolignol 4-O-methyltransferase

Similar Items