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JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 48, Issue 12, Pages 6106-6113Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jf0006978
Keywords
Gramineae; Zea mays; ferulic acid; diferulic acids; cell wall; lignin; dehydrogenation polymer; cross-linking
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Cross-linking of xylans and lignin by ferulates was investigated with primary maize walls acylated with 2% ferulate and with ferulate ethyl esters. Peroxidase-mediated coupling of wall ferulate and ethyl ferulate yielded mostly 8-coupled products, including three new dehydrodimers. Significant quantities of 5-5-coupled diferulate formed only within walls, suggesting that matrix effects influence dimer formation. Over 60% of wall ferulate dimerized upon H2O2 addition, suggesting that xylan feruloylation is highly regulated during wall biosynthesis to permit extensive dimer formation at the onset of lignification. During lignification, ferulate and 5-5-coupled diferulate copolymerized more rapidly and formed fewer ether-linked structures with coniferyl alcohol than 8-5-, 8-O-4-, and 8-8-coupled diferulates. The potential incorporation of most ferulates and diferulates into lignin exceeded 90%. As a result, xylans become extensively cross-linked by ferulate dimerization and incorporation to lignin, but only a small and variable proportion of these cross-links is measurable by solvolysis of lignified walls.
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