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Immunohistochemical localization of enzymes related to lignin biosynthesis in the primary xylem of hybrid aspen

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We have investigated the spatial regulation of the accumulation of enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of shikimate and lignin during differentiation of primary xylem from the apical meristem via procambium in hybrid aspen (Populus sieboldii x Populus grandidentata). Immuohistochemical staining revealed that, in the top part of shoots, lignification began in a single or just a few adjacent vessel elements and subsequently spread to neighboring cells. The spatial localization of 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate 7-phosphate synthase (DAHPS), which is one of the key enzymes in the shikimate pathway, was tightly correlated with the cell-specific deposition of lignin in the primary xylem. We also found that the spatial localization of enzymes in the general phenylpropanoid pathway and in the lignin-specific pathway was closely associated with the cell-specific deposition of lignin and the accumulation of DAHPS. Our data suggest that enzymes that act in the shikimate, general phenylpropanoid, and lignin-specific pathways are initially produced and function coordinately in a single or a few adjacent elements at the start of primary xylem development.

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    Yoshihiro Katayama, Yoko Mashino, Nobuyuki Nishikubo, Kaori Yoshitomi & Shinya Kajita

  2. Laboratory of Wood Biology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, 060-8589, Sapporo, Japan

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Katayama, Y., Mashino, Y., Nishikubo, N. et al. Immunohistochemical localization of enzymes related to lignin biosynthesis in the primary xylem of hybrid aspen. J Wood Sci 48, 457–466 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00766640

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