Structural Studies of Cinnamoyl-CoA Reductase and Cinnamyl-Alcohol Dehydrogenase, Key Enzymes of Monolignol Biosynthesis.
Pan, H., Zhou, R., Louie, G.V., Muhlemann, J.K., Bomati, E.K., Bowman, M.E., Dudareva, N., Dixon, R.A., Noel, J.P., Wang, X.(2014) Plant Cell 26: 3709-3727
- PubMed: 25217505 
- DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.127399
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4QTZ, 4QUK, 4R1S, 4R1T, 4R1U - PubMed Abstract: 
The enzymes cinnamoyl-CoA reductase (CCR) and cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD) catalyze the two key reduction reactions in the conversion of cinnamic acid derivatives into monolignol building blocks for lignin polymers in plant cell walls. Here, we describe detailed functional and structural analyses of CCRs from Medicago truncatula and Petunia hybrida and of an atypical CAD (CAD2) from M ...