A major bioactive component of plant cell walls, ferulic acid, influences feruloyl esterase production in Aspergillus niger

1996 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 386S-386S ◽  
Author(s):  
CRAIG B. FAULDS ◽  
GARY WILLIAMSON
Keyword(s):  
Aspergillus Niger ◽  
Ferulic Acid ◽  
Plant Cell ◽  
Cell Walls ◽  
Feruloyl Esterase ◽  
Plant Cell Walls ◽  
Bioactive Component ◽  
Esterase Production

Hydroxycinnamic acids and ferulic acid esterase in relation to biodegradation of complex plant cell walls

2005 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Yu ◽  
J. J. McKinnon ◽  
D. A. Christensen
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Ferulic Acid ◽  
Plant Cell ◽  
Cell Walls ◽  
Plant Cell Wall ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Hydroxycinnamic Acid ◽  
Feruloyl Esterase ◽  
Plant Cell Walls ◽  
Ferulic Acid Esterase

Ferulic acid (3-methoxy-4-hydroxycinnamic acid), present in complex plant cell walls, is covalently cross-linked to polysaccharides by ester bonds and to components of lignin mainly by ether bonds. Ferulic acid has also been shown to occur in dimer- and trimerized forms through oxidative coupling between esterified and/or etherified ferulic acid residues. These cross-links are among the factors most inhibitory to digestion of complex plant cell walls in ruminants. Recently obtained information on ferulic acid and ferulic acid esterases in relation to complex plant cell wall biodegradation is reviewed. A focus of the review is on structural characteristics of plant cell walls associated with ferulic acid, physicochemical properties of ferulic acid esterase and synergistic interaction between ferulic acid esterase and other accessary cell wall degrading enzymes on the release of ferulic acid and plant cell wall biodegradation. Key words: Ferulic acid, hydroxycinnamic acid, feruloyl esterase, interaction effects, polysaccharide, feruloyl-polysaccharides, plant cell walls, biodegradation

scholarly journals New Products Generated from the Transformations of Ferulic Acid Dilactone

Biomolecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying He ◽  
Yuan Jia ◽  
Fachuang Lu
Keyword(s):  
Ferulic Acid ◽  
Succinic Acid ◽  
Plant Cell ◽  
Cell Walls ◽  
New Products ◽  
Plant Cell Walls ◽  
Reaction Conditions ◽  
Radical Coupling ◽  
Naoh Treatment ◽  
Derivatives Of

Various ferulic acid (FA) dimers occurring in plant cell walls, such as 8-5-, 8-O-4-, 5-5-, and 8-8-coupled dimers, are effective antioxidants and potential antimicrobials. It is necessary to access these diferulates as reference compounds to validate those isolated from plants. 3,6-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-tetrahydrofuro-[3,4-c]furan-1,4-dione, a 8-8-coupled FA dilactone generated from ferulic acid via radical coupling, has been used to synthesize 8-8-coupled FA dimers although few reports investigated the distribution of products and mechanisms involved in the transformation of FA dilactone. In this work, the FA dilactone, obtained from FA by a peroxidase-catalyzed radical coupling, was reacted under various base/acid conditions. Effects of reaction conditions and workup procedures on the distribution of products were investigated by GC-MS. The isolated products from such treatments of FA dilactone were characterized by NMR. New derivatives of FA dimer including 2-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzylidene)-3-(hydroxyl-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)methyl)succinic acid and 2-(bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-methyl)-succinic acid were produced from NaOH treatment. Another novel 8-8-coupled cyclic FA dimer, diethyl 6-hydroxy-1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-7-methoxy-1,2-dihydronaphthalene-2,3-dicarboxylate was identified in products from FA dilactone treated by dry HCl in absolute ethanol. Mechanisms involved in such transformations were proposed.

A thermostable feruloyl-esterase from the hemicellulolytic bacterium Thermobacillus xylanilyticus releases phenolic acids from non-pretreated plant cell walls

2011 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 541-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harivony Rakotoarivonina ◽  
Beatrice Hermant ◽  
Brigitte Chabbert ◽  
Jean-Pierre Touzel ◽  
Caroline Remond
Keyword(s):  
Plant Cell ◽  
Phenolic Acids ◽  
Cell Walls ◽  
Feruloyl Esterase ◽  
Plant Cell Walls

Release of ferulic acid dehydrodimers from plant cell walls by feruloyl esterases

1999 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 428-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
PA Kroon ◽  
MT Garcia-Conesa ◽  
IJ Fillingham ◽  
GP Hazlewood ◽  
G Williamson
Keyword(s):  
Ferulic Acid ◽  
Plant Cell ◽  
Cell Walls ◽  
Plant Cell Walls ◽  
Feruloyl Esterases

Exploration of cell wall architecture with the rapid-freeze deep-etch technique

1993 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 128-129
Author(s):  
Béatrice Satiat-Jeunemaitre ◽  
Chris Hawes
Keyword(s):  
Plant Cell ◽  
Cell Walls ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
Molecular Model ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Secretory Activity ◽  
Wall Structure ◽  
Specimen Preparation ◽  
Molecular Architecture ◽  
Plant Cell Walls

The comprehension of the molecular architecture of plant cell walls is one of the best examples in cell biology which illustrates how developments in microscopy have extended the frontiers of a topic. Indeed from the first electron microscope observation of cell walls it has become apparent that our understanding of wall structure has advanced hand in hand with improvements in the technology of specimen preparation for electron microscopy. Cell walls are sub-cellular compartments outside the peripheral plasma membrane, the construction of which depends on a complex cellular biosynthetic and secretory activity (1). They are composed of interwoven polymers, synthesised independently, which together perform a number of varied functions. Biochemical studies have provided us with much data on the varied molecular composition of plant cell walls. However, the detailed intermolecular relationships and the three dimensional arrangement of the polymers in situ remains a mystery. The difficulty in establishing a general molecular model for plant cell walls is also complicated by the vast diversity in wall composition among plant species.

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