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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2012
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Warf), Madison, WI (US);
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CA;
Curtis Wilkerson, Swartz Creek, MI (US);
John Ralph, Madison, WI (US);
Saunia Withers, Durham, NC (US);
Shawn D. Mansfield, Vancouver, CA;
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
The University of British Columbia, , CA;
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to isolated nucleic acids encoding a feruloyl-CoA:monolignol transferase and feruloyl-CoA:monolignol transferase enzymes. The isolated nucleic acids and/or the enzymes enable incorporation of monolignol ferulates into the lignin of plants, where such monolignol ferulates include, for example, p-coumaryl ferulate, coniferyl ferulate, and/or sinapyl ferulate. The invention also includes methods and plants that include nucleic acids encoding a feruloyl-CoA:monolignol transferase enzyme and/or feruloyl-CoA:monolignol transferase enzymes.