Ut-battelle, Inc.

Yongil Yang

Gerald A Tuskan

Xiaohan Yang

Lee E Gunter

Jin-Gui Chen

Sara S Jawdy

This disclosure provides genetically modified plants having desirable levels of sugar release, cellulose content and reduction of recalcitrance; methods of genetically modifying plants to modulate sugar release, cellulose and lignin contents; and uses of such plants. The inventors have determined that genetic modification of PdDUF266A from, encoded by locus Potri.011G009500 resulted in transgenictrees with changes in lignin and cellulose content as well as altered sugar release phenotypes. Plants with altered sugar release, cellulose and lignin content, based on modulation of the expression or activity of the PdDUF266A gene, have diverse uses including pulp and paper production, and biofuel and bioproducts production.

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Oak Ridge, TN, United States of America

Yongil Yang