Physcomitrium patens CAD1 has distinct roles in growth and resistance to biotic stress.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physcomitrium patens provides an evolutionary link between green algae and vascular plants. Although the genome of P. patens includes orthologs of all the core lignin biosynthetic enzymes, the occurrence of lignin in moss is very controversial. Besides, little information is available about the lignin enzymes in moss to date. For example, cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD) is a crucial enzyme that catalyzes the last step of the lignin biosynthetic pathway, suggesting an ideal way to study the evolutionary process. By investigating the functions of CAD in evolution, this study will elucidate the evolutionary roles of lignin-like in the early stage of land colonization.

Results

CAD multigene family in P. patens is composed of four genes. The PpCADs contain a conse

SUBMITTER: Jiang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9641914 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature