Background Lignin is a polyphenolic polymer that strengthens and waterproofs the cell wall
of specialized plant cell types. Lignification is part of the normal differentiation programme …

Peroxidases, one of the key antioxidant enzymes, are widely distributed in nature and
catalyze oxidation of various electron donor substrates concomitant with the decomposition …

The phenylpropanoid pathway serves as a rich source of metabolites in plants, being
required for the biosynthesis of lignin, and serving as a starting point for the production of …

The evolution of lignin biosynthesis was critical in the transition of plants from an aquatic to
an upright terrestrial lifestyle. Lignin is assembled by oxidative polymerization of two major …

The lignin biosynthetic pathway has been studied for more than a century but has
undergone major revisions over the past decade. Significant progress has been made in …

Class III peroxidases are secretory enzymes which belong to a ubiquitous multigene family
in higher plants and have been identified to play role in a broad range of physiological and …

Horseradish peroxidase is an important heme-containing enzyme that has been studied for
more than a century. In recent years new information has become available on the three …

Plant peroxidases (class III peroxidases) are present in all land plants. They are members of
a large multigenic family. Probably due to this high number of isoforms, and to a very …

This is the second set of Handbook of Porphyrin Science. Porphyrins, phthalocyanines and
their numerous analogues and derivatives are materials of tremendous importance in …

Since their appearance in the first land plants, genes encoding class III peroxidases have
been duplicated many times during evolution and now compose a large multigene family …