A phenol-enriched cuticle is ancestral to lignin evolution in land plants

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dc.contributor.authorRenault, Hugues
dc.contributor.authorAlber, Annette
dc.contributor.authorHorst, Nelly A.
dc.contributor.authorBasilio Lopes, Alexandra
dc.contributor.authorFich, Eric A.
dc.contributor.authorKriegshauser, Lucie
dc.contributor.authorWiedemann, Gertrud
dc.contributor.authorUllmann, Pascaline
dc.contributor.authorHerrgot, Laurence
dc.contributor.authorErhardt, Mathieu
dc.contributor.authorPineau, Emmanuelle
dc.contributor.authorEhlting, Jürgen
dc.contributor.authorSchmitt, Martine
dc.contributor.authorRose, Jocelyn K.C.
dc.contributor.authorReski, Ralf
dc.contributor.authorWerck-Reichhart, Danièle
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-07T19:57:12Z
dc.date.available2018-08-07T19:57:12Z
dc.date.copyright2017en_US
dc.date.issued2017-03
dc.description.abstractLignin, one of the most abundant biopolymers on Earth, derives from the plant phenolic metabolism. It appeared upon terrestrialization and is thought critical for plant colonization of land. Early diverging land plants do not form lignin, but already have elements of its biosynthetic machinery. Here we delete in a moss the P450 oxygenase that defines the entry point in angiosperm lignin metabolism, and find that its pre-lignin pathway is essential for development. This pathway does not involve biochemical regulation via shikimate coupling, but instead is coupled with ascorbate catabolism, and controls the synthesis of the moss cuticle, which prevents desiccation and organ fusion. These cuticles share common features with lignin, cutin and suberin, and may represent the extant representative of a common ancestor. Our results demonstrate a critical role for the ancestral phenolic metabolism in moss erect growth and cuticle permeability, consistent with importance in plant adaptation to terrestrial conditions.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipD.W.-R., R.R. and H.R. acknowledge the support of the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) and the University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study (USIAS) to the METABEVO project. D.W.-R. and H.R. also acknowledge support of the Agence Nationale de la Recherche to the LabCom TerpFactory. Support to J.K.C.R. was provided by grants from the US National Science Foundation's Plant Genome Research Program (IOS-1339287) and by the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (2011-67013-19399) of the US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. E.A.F. was supported by a fellowship from NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada). A. A. acknowledges funding by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada in the framework of the Collaborative Research and Training Experience Program 'Working on Walls' and from the College Doctoral Europeen. R.R. acknowledges funding by the Excellence Initiative of the German Federal and States governments (EXC 294). N.A.H. is grateful for the support from the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union's 7th Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under REA Grant Agreement 289217. L.K. and E.P. acknowledge the support of the French Ministry of Education and Research for PhD funding. We thank Dr F. Pinot (IBMP, Strasbourg) for providing the CYP704B1 chromatograms. This paper reflects only the author's views and the European Union is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained herein.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRenault, H.; Alber, A.; Horst, N.A.; Basilio Lopes, A.; Fich, E.A.; Kriegshauser, L.; … & Werck-Reichhart, D. (2017). A phenol-enriched cuticle is ancestral to lignin evolution in land plants. Nature Communications, 8(14713). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14713en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14713
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/9871
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNature Communicationsen_US
dc.titleA phenol-enriched cuticle is ancestral to lignin evolution in land plantsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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