Table 1.
Plant | PAL Activity (mkat/g FW)aStem |
COMTb Activity (μkat/g FW) Stem |
CCOMTc Activity (pkat/g FW) Stem |
Lignin Compostion
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Total G (μmol/g) |
Total S (μmol/g) |
Total G and S (μmol/g) |
S/G | ||||
Wild type | 30.5 | 44.2 | 50.4 | 21.6 | 2.5 | 24.1 | 0.12 |
pap1-D | 70.3 | 44.4 | 60.6 | 30.6 | 5.0 | 35.6 | 0.16 |
FW, fresh weight; kat, katal.
COMT, caffeic acid O-methyltransferase.
CCOMT, caffeoyl-CoA O-methyltransferase.