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Tailoring poplar lignin without yield penalty by combining a null and haploinsufficient CINNAMOYL-CoA REDUCTASE2 allele.
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Nature communications [Nat Commun] 2020 Oct 06; Vol. 11 (1), pp. 5020. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Oct 06. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Lignin causes lignocellulosic biomass recalcitrance to enzymatic hydrolysis. Engineered low-lignin plants have reduced recalcitrance but often exhibit yield penalties, offsetting their gains in fermentable sugar yield. Here, CRISPR/Cas9-generated CCR2(-/*) line 12 poplars have one knockout CCR2 allele while the other contains a 3-bp deletion, resulting in a 114I115A-to-114T conversion in the corresponding protein. Despite having 10% less lignin, CCR2(-/*) line 12 grows normally. On a plant basis, the saccharification efficiency of CCR2(-/*) line 12 is increased by 25-41%, depending on the pretreatment. Analysis of monoallelic CCR2 knockout lines shows that the reduced lignin amount in CCR2(-/*) line 12 is due to the combination of a null and the specific haploinsufficient CCR2 allele. Analysis of another CCR2(-/*) line shows that depending on the specific CCR2 amino-acid change, lignin amount and growth can be affected to different extents. Our findings open up new possibilities for stably fine-tuning residual gene function in planta.
- Subjects :
- Aldehyde Oxidoreductases metabolism
Alleles
Gene Knockout Techniques
Haploinsufficiency
Lignin genetics
Mutation
Plant Proteins genetics
Plant Proteins metabolism
Plants, Genetically Modified
Populus growth & development
Xylem metabolism
Xylem ultrastructure
Aldehyde Oxidoreductases genetics
Lignin metabolism
Populus genetics
Populus metabolism
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2041-1723
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Nature communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 33024118
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18822-w