Natural rubber biosynthesis in plants, the rubber transferase complex, and metabolic engineering progress and prospects

S Cherian, SB Ryu, K Cornish - Plant biotechnology journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Natural rubber (NR) is a nonfungible and valuable biopolymer, used to manufacture~ 50
000 rubber products, including tires and medical gloves. Current production of NR is derived …

Biosynthesis of natural rubber: current state and perspectives

X Men, F Wang, GQ Chen, HB Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Natural rubber is a kind of indispensable biopolymers with great use and strategic
importance in human society. However, its production relies almost exclusively on rubber …

Genomic insight into domestication of rubber tree

J Chao, S Wu, M Shi, X Xu, Q Gao, H Du, B Gao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding the genetic basis of rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) domestication is crucial
for further improving natural rubber production to meet its increasing demand worldwide …

[图书][B] Biology of Hevea rubber

PM Priyadarshan - 2011 - Springer
Natural rubber has been an essential commodity not only for the tyre industry but also for
more than 50,000 products that hold elasticity as an attribute. Rubber is obtained from the …

Insight into the evolution and functional characteristics of the pan‐genome assembly from sesame landraces and modern cultivars

J Yu, AA Golicz, K Lu, K Dossa, Y Zhang… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) is an important oil crop renowned for its high oil content and
quality. Recently, genome assemblies for five sesame varieties including two landraces (S …

Natural rubber-producing sources, systems, and perspectives for breeding and biotechnology studies of Taraxacum kok-saghyz

M Salehi, K Cornish, M Bahmankar… - Industrial crops and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Natural rubber (NR, cis-1, 4-polyisoprene) is applied in over 50,000 products. It has
unique properties, which cannot be matched by synthetic rubber. The pará rubber tree …

Pan-genome and phylogenomic analyses highlight Hevea species delineation and rubber trait evolution

Y Fang, X Xiao, J Lin, Q Lin, J Wang, K Liu, Z Li… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The para rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) is the world's sole commercial source of natural
rubber, a vital industrial raw material. However, the narrow genetic diversity of this crop …

The chromosome-based rubber tree genome provides new insights into spurge genome evolution and rubber biosynthesis

J Liu, C Shi, CC Shi, W Li, QJ Zhang, Y Zhang, K Li… - Molecular plant, 2020 - cell.com
The rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis, produces natural rubber that serves as an essential
industrial raw material. Here, we present a high-quality reference genome for a rubber tree …

Leaf isoprene emission as a trait that mediates the growth-defense tradeoff in the face of climate stress

RK Monson, SM Weraduwage, M Rosenkranz… - Oecologia, 2021 - Springer
Plant isoprene emissions are known to contribute to abiotic stress tolerance, especially
during episodes of high temperature and drought, and during cellular oxidative stress …

Biochemical composition of Hevea brasiliensis latex: A focus on the protein, lipid, carbohydrate and mineral contents

C Bottier - Advances in Botanical Research, 2020 - Elsevier
The latex collected from the Hevea brasiliensis tree is today the only commercial source of
natural rubber (NR), the cis-1, 4-polyisoprene polymer, a strategic raw material. The Hevea …