The Resurgence of Dirigent Story: Time for a Bacterial Chapter.

The Resurgence of Dirigent Story: Time for a Bacterial Chapter. Curr Microbiol. 2019 Nov 14;: Authors: Dabravolski SA Abstract For several decades, dirigent (DIR) domain-containing proteins have been assumed to be green lineage-specific, responsible for the defence response and lignan/lignin biosynthesis. Despite their high potential in terms of biotechnology and chemistry, to date there have been very few well-studied plant DIRs. However, recent achievements in sequencing technologies have allowed for discovery of DIR genes in bacteria. This prospective study suggests expansion of the focus of research to consider the existence of bacterial DIRs. It also considers the outlook for understanding DIR functioning with respect to the fields of green lineage evolution, organic synthesis, and biotechnology. PMID: 31728698 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Current Microbiology - November 13, 2019 Category: Microbiology Authors: Dabravolski SA Tags: Curr Microbiol Source Type: research