9005-53-2 | Lignin

Chemical type

• Phenylpropanoid polymer
• Secondary metabolite

Key properties

• Biologically and structurally significant
• Provides rigidity and hydrophobicity to cell walls
• Associated with antioxidant enzyme activities

• Provides structural support and rigidity to plant cell walls
• Enhances lignification under stress conditions
• Regulates metabolic flux in phenylpropanoid branches

• Biosynthesis for cell wall reinforcement
• Enhances drought and salt stress tolerance
• Involved in waterlogging resistance through accumulation in wheat cell walls
• Defense against biotic and abiotic stresses

• Reinforces plant tissues against abiotic stresses like drought, heat, and cold
• Contributes to pathogen defense and UV protection
• Improves stress tolerance in crops like wheat

Classification by use

• Compounds involved in plant structural support
• Chemicals used in abiotic stress adaptation
• Secondary metabolites in phenylpropanoid pathway

• Structural polymers in plants
• Compounds for abiotic stress adaptation

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1. [Cite:1] Characterization of 4-Coumarate-CoA Ligase (4CL) Genes in Wheat Uncovers Ta4CL91’s Role in Drought and Salt Stress Adaptation, Plants, 2025, 14(9), 1301
2. [Cite:2] Genome-wide analysis of the 4-Coumarate-CoA ligase gene family in wheat: Expression patterns under salt stress and light-regulated cold acclimation, Plant Stress, Volume 16, June 2025, 100879