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Glucosyltransferases of the common phenylpropanoid pathway

Reference	BBS/B/10056
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Dianna Bowles
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Dr Eng-Kiat Lim, Dr Fabian Vaistij
Institution	University of York
Department	Biology
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	270,948
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/10/2004
End date	30/09/2007
Duration	36 months

Abstract

Our research has identified three UDP-glucose glucosyltransferases (UGTs) of Arabidopsis, the 72E subfamily, the catalyse metabolites of the common phenylpropanoid pathway, particularly the aldehydes of the three monolignols, as well as coniferyl alcohol and sinopyl alcohol. We know that overexpression 72E2 or 72E3 causes major changes in the levels of a range of phenolpropanoid compounds and some impact on the extent of lignification. We propose to extend our research through additional strategies such as targeting gene expression to the vascular tissue, RNAi-silencing the entire subfamily as well as individuals and determining the impact of these changes on metabolism, gene expression and the ability of the plant to respond to wound and pathogen stress.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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