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. 2022 Apr 28;13:840397. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.840397

FIGURE 4.

FIGURE 4

Characterization of the cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD) catalytic activities of GhCAD35, GhCAD45, and GhCAD43. (A–C) HPLC analyses of in vitro incubation of GhCAD35, GhCAD45, and GhCAD43 with coniferaldehyde, sinapaldehyde and p-coumaraldehyde, to yield corresponding monolignols, coniferyl alcohol, sinapyl alcohol, and p-coumaryl alcohol, respectively. C1-C6 indicate coniferyl alcohol, coniferaldehyde, sinapyl alcohol, sinapaldehyde, p-coumaryl alcohol, and p-coumaraldehyde, respectively. Controls in A-C were incubated with GST protein. (D) Western blot showing the levels of recombinant GhCAD35, GhCAD45, or GhCAD43 protein fused with a GST tag. GST antibody was used. (E) The catalytic parameters of GhCAD35, GhCAD45, and GhCAD43 toward the substrates p-coumaraldehyde, coniferaldehyde, and sinapaldehyde, respectively.