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From: Expression of a bacterial 3-dehydroshikimate dehydratase (QsuB) reduces lignin and improves biomass saccharification efficiency in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.)

Fig. 1

Schematic diagram of lignin biosynthesis and the conversion of 3-dehydroshikimate into protocatchuate (PCA) catalyzed by plastid-targeted QsuB. Grey and blue circles indicate a phenylalanine transporter and a putative shikimate transporter, respectively. Dashed arrows represent multiple enzymatic steps. E4P: Erythrose 4-phosphate; HCT: hydroxycinnamoyl CoA: shikimate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase; PEP: Phosphoenolpyruvate; PHE: Phenylalanine

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