title: Looking for syringyl peroxidases.
abstract: Lignins are cell wall heteropolymers that arise from the peroxidase-mediated coupling of p-coumaryl, coniferyl and sinapyl alcohols. In gymnosperms, they are derived from coniferyl alcohol, whereas in angiosperms, lignins are derived from coniferyl and sinapyl alcohols. Thus, although it is frequently assumed that the chemical complexity of lignins has increased during plant evolution, it is frequently forgotten that pteridophytes have lignins that are derived from sinapyl alcohol. Until recently, most peroxidases characterized in flowering plants only oxidized coniferyl alcohol. However, recent reports have described the molecular characterization of peroxidases capable of oxidizing sinapyl alcohol (syringyl peroxidases). Current molecular studies propose that the structural motifs of syringyl peroxidases predate the radiation of tracheophytes, which suggests that syringyl peroxidases existed before the appearance of syringyl lignins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biology, University of Murcia, E-30100 Murcia, Spain. Electronic address: rosbarce@um.es.
authors.forename: Alfonso Ros
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Barceló
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biology, University of Murcia, E-30100 Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: Laura V Gómez
authors.initials: LVG
authors.lastname: Ros
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biology, University of Alcalá de Henares, E-28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Alberto Esteban
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Carrasco
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002384:Catalysis; D008031:Lignin / Q000378:metabolism*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010544:Peroxidases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011487:Protein Conformation; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D031662:Syringa / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D008031:Lignin; D010544:Peroxidases