Transcriptional and Post-transcriptional Regulation of Lignin Biosynthesis Pathway Genes in Populus

Jin Zhang; Gerald A. Tuskan; Timothy J. Tschaplinski; Wellington Muchero; Jin Gui Chen

doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.00652

Transcriptional and Post-transcriptional Regulation of Lignin Biosynthesis Pathway Genes in Populus

Jin Zhang, Gerald A. Tuskan, Timothy J. Tschaplinski, Wellington Muchero, Jin Gui Chen

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Abstract

Lignin is a heterogeneous polymer of aromatic subunits derived from phenylalanine. It is polymerized in intimate proximity to the polysaccharide components in plant cell walls and provides additional rigidity and compressive strength for plants. Understanding the regulatory mechanisms of lignin biosynthesis is important for genetic modification of the plant cell wall for agricultural and industrial applications. Over the past 10 years the transcriptional regulatory model of lignin biosynthesis has been established in plants. However, the role of post-transcriptional regulation is still largely unknown. Increasing evidence suggests that lignin biosynthesis pathway genes are also regulated by alternative splicing, microRNA, and long non-coding RNA. In this review, we briefly summarize recent progress on the transcriptional regulation, then we focus on reviewing progress on the post-transcriptional regulation of lignin biosynthesis pathway genes in the woody model plant Populus.

Original language	English
Article number	652
Journal	Frontiers in Plant Science
Volume	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00652
State	Published - May 25 2020

Funding

Funding. This research was supported by the Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI). CBI is supported by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) in the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract Number DE-AC05-00OR22725.

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Office of Biological and Environmental Research
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science
U.S. Department of Energy	DE-AC05-00OR22725
Biological and Environmental Research
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Center for Bioenergy Innovation

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lignin biosynthesis
plant cell wall
post-transcriptional regulation
transcription factor
transcriptional regulation

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