Lignocellulosic Biopolymers: from Cell Wall Assemblies to Synthons for Green Chemistry

Rashid GMM, Rivière G, Cottyn B, Majira A, Cézard L, Sodré V, Lam R, Fairbairn JA, Baumberger S, Bugg TDH (2024). Ether Bond Cleavage of a Phenylcoumaran β-5 Lignin Model Compound and Polymeric Lignin Catalysed by a LigE-type Etherase from Agrobacterium sp. Chembiochem, e202400132. PubMed | DOI

Hadjiefstathiou C, Manière A, Attia J, Pion F, Ducrot PH, Grisel M, Gore E (2024). Sensory signature of lignins, new generation of bio-based ingredients in cosmetics. Int J Biol Macromol, 260(1):129399. PubMed | DOI

Lailheugue V, Merlin I, Boutet S, Perreau F, Pouvreau JB, Delgrange S, Ducrot PH, Cottyn B, Mouille G, Lauvergeat V (2023). Vitislactone, a non-canonical strigolactone exudated by grapevine rootstocks in response to nitrogen starvation. Phytochemistry, 215:113837. PubMed | DOI

Piedrahita-Rodríguez S, Baumberger S, Cézard L, Poveda-Giraldo J, Alzate-Ramírez AF, Alzate CAC (2023). Comparative Analysis of Trifluoracetic Acid Pretreatment for Lignocellulosic Materials. Materials, 16(15):5502. PubMed | DOI

Sarieddine A, Hadjiefstathiou C, Majira A, Pion F, Ducrot PH (2023). Biocatalytic selective acylation of technical lignins: a new route for the design of new biobased additives for industrial formulations. Front Chem, 11:1239479. PubMed | DOI

Malric-Garajova S, Fortuna F, Pion F, Martin E, Thottathil A, Guillemain A, Doan A, Lomascolo A, Faulds CB, Baumberger S, Foulon L, Chabbert B, de Baynast H, Dubessay P, Audonnet F, Bertrand E, Sciara G, Tapin-Lingua S, Ducrot PH, Michaud P, Aguié-Béghin V, Record E (2023). Modification of a Marine Pine Kraft Lignin Sample by Enzymatic Treatment with a Pycnoporus cinnabarinus Laccase. Molecules, 28(12):4873. PubMed | DOI

Vachon J, Assad-Alkhateb D, de Araujo Hsia L, Lora JH, Baumberger S (2023). Effect of compatibilizers on polyethylene-eucalyptus lignin blends. J Appl Polym Sci, 140: e53695. DOI

Shafiei R, Hooper M, Mcclellan C, Oakey H, Stephens J, Lapierre C, Tsuji Y, Goeminne G, Vanholme R, Boerjan W, Ralph J, Halpin C (2023). Downregulation of barley ferulate 5-hydroxylase dramatically alters straw lignin structure without impact on mechanical properties. Front Plant Sci, 13:1125003. PubMed | DOI

Brancourt-Hulmel M, Arnoult S, Cézard L, El Hage F, Gineau E, Girones J, Griveau Y, Jacquemot MP, Jaffuel S, Mignot E, Mouille G, Lapierre C, Legée F, Méchin V, Navard P, Vo LTT, Reymond M (2022). A Comparative Study of Maize and Miscanthus Regarding Cell-Wall Composition and Stem Anatomy for Conversion into Bioethanol and Polymer Composites. BioEnergy Research, 15: 777–791. DOI

Rouches E, Gómez-Alvarez H, Majira A, Martín-Moldes Z, Nogales J, Díaz E, Bugg TDH, Baumberger S (2021). Assessment strategy for bacterial lignin depolymerization: Kraft lignin and synthetic lignin bioconversion with Pseudomonas putida. Bioresour Technol Rep, 15: 100742. DOI

Barron C, Devaux MF, Foucat L, Falourd X, Looten R, Joseph-Aime M, Durand S, Bonnin E, Lapierre C, Saulnier L, Rouau X, Guillon F (2021). Enzymatic degradation of maize shoots: monitoring of chemical and physical changes reveals different saccharification behaviors. Biotechnol Biofuels, 14(1):1. PubMed | DOI

Daou M, Bisotto A, Haon M, Oliveira Correia L, Cottyn B, Drula E, Garajová S, Bertrand E, Record E, Navarro D, Raouche S, Baumberger S, Faulds CB (2021). A Putative Lignin Copper Oxidase from Trichoderma reesei. J Fungi, 7(8):643. PubMed | DOI

Daou M, Farfan Soto C, Majira A, Cézard L, Cottyn B, Pion F, Navarro D, Oliveira Correia L, Drula E, Record E, Raouche S, Baumberger S, Faulds CB (2021). Fungal Treatment for the Valorization of Technical Soda Lignin. J Fungi, 7(1):39. PubMed | DOI

Di Giuseppe E, Girones J, Vo LTT, Gineau E, Lapierre C, Brancourt-Hulmel M, Arnoult-Carrier S, Navard P (2021). Polysaccharides and phenolics of miscanthus belowground cell walls and their influence on polyethylene composites. Carbohydr Polym, 251:117086. PubMed | DOI

Gerbin E, Rivière GN, Foulon L, Frapart YM, Cottyn B, Pernes M, Marcuello C, Godon B, Gainvors-Claisse A, Crônier D, Majira A, Österberg M, Kurek B, Baumberger S, Aguié-Béghin V (2021). Tuning the functional properties of lignocellulosic films by controlling the molecular and supramolecular structure of lignin. Int J Biol Macromol, 181:136-149. PubMed | DOI

Lapierre C, Sibout R, Laurans F, Lesage-Descauses MC, Déjardin A, Pilate G (2021). p-Coumaroylation of poplar lignins impacts lignin structure and improves wood saccharification. Plant Physiol, 187(3):1374-1386. PubMed | DOI

Martinetto Y, Basset S, Pégot B, Roch-Marchal C, Camerel F, Jeftic J, Cottyn B, Magnier E, Floquet S (2021). Synthesis, Physical Properties and Application of a Series of New Polyoxometalate-Based Ionic Liquids. Molecules, 26(2):496. PubMed | DOI

Reyt G, Ramakrishna P, Salas-González I, Fujita S, Love A, Tiemessen D, Lapierre C, Morreel K, Calvo-Polanco M, Flis P, Geldner N, Boursiac Y, Boerjan W, George MW, Castrillo G, Salt DE (2021). Two chemically distinct root lignin barriers control solute and water balance. Nat Commun, 12(1):2320. PubMed | DOI

Martinetto Y, Pégot B, Roch-Marchal C, Haouas M, Cottyn B, Camerel F, Jeftic J, Morineau D, Magnier E, Floquet S (2021). A decatungstate-based ionic liquid exhibiting a very low dielectric constant suitable for acting as a solvent and a catalyst for the oxidation of organic substrates. New J Chem, 45: 9751-9755. DOI

Garajová S, Patel I, Lomascolo A, Legée F, Cézard L, Cottyn B, Lecourt M, Bertrand E, Sciara G, Tapin-Lingua S, Baumberger S, Faulds CB, Record E (2021). Treatment of wood fibres with laccases: improved hardboard properties through phenolic oligomerization. Eur J Wood Wood Prod, 79, pages 1369–1382. DOI

Rivière GN, Pion F, Farooq M, Sipponen MH, Koivula H, Jayabalan T, Pandard P, Marlair G, Liao X, Baumberger S, Österberg M (2021). Toward waste valorization by converting bioethanol production residues into nanoparticles and nanocomposite films. Sustain Mat Technol, 28. DOI

Jusselme MD, Cézard L, Pion F, Baumberger S, Robert A, Lapierre C, Diouf M, Mora P, Miambi E (2020). Changes in the Phenolic Fraction of Protobind 1000 and Bacterial Microbiota in the Gut of a Higher Termite, Nasutitermes Ephratae. J Microbiol Biotechnol, 5:3. DOI

Vachon J, Assad-Alkhateb D, Baumberger S, van Haveren J, Gosselink RJA, Monedero M, Bermudez JM (2020). Use of lignin as additive in polyethylene for food protection: Insect repelling effect of an ethyl acetate phenolic extract. Composites Part C, 2: 100044. DOI

Ben Ali W, Navarro D, Kumar A, Drula E, Turbé-Doan A, Correia LO, Baumberger S, Bertrand E, Faulds CB, Henrissat B, Sciara G, Mechichi T, Record E (2020). Characterization of the CAZy Repertoire from the Marine-Derived Fungus Stemphylium lucomagnoense in Relation to Saline Conditions. Mar Drugs, 18(9):461. PubMed | DOI

Eugene A, Lapierre C, Ralph J (2020). Improved analysis of arabinoxylan-bound hydroxycinnamate conjugates in grass cell walls. Biotechnol Biofuels, 13(1):202. PubMed | DOI

Gerbin E, Frapart YM, Marcuello C, Cottyn B, Foulon L, Pernes M, Crônier D, Molinari M, Chabbert B, Ducrot PH, Baumberger S, Aguié-Béghin V, Kurek B (2020). Dual Antioxidant Properties and Organic Radical Stabilization in Cellulose Nanocomposite Films Functionalized by In Situ Polymerization of Coniferyl Alcohol. Biomacromolecules, 21(8):3163-3175. PubMed | DOI

Holt CA, Cottyn B, Baumberger S, Kovacs-Schreiner K, Blacker AJ (2020). High-Throughput Analysis of Lignin by Agarose Gel Electrophoresis. J Agric Food Chem, 68(48):14297-14306. PubMed | DOI

Vo LTT, Girones J, Jacquemot MP, Legée F, Cézard L, Lapierre C, El Hage F, Méchin V, Reymond M, Navard P (2020). Correlations between genotype biochemical characteristics and mechanical properties of maize stem - polyethylene composites. Ind Crops Prod, 143: 111925. DOI

Martinetto Y, Pégot B, Roch-Marchal C, Cottyn B, Floquet S (2020). Designing Functional Polyoxometalate-Based Ionic Liquid Crystals and Ionic Liquids. Eur J Inorg Chem, 3: 228-247. DOI

Hochegger M, Trimmel G, Cottyn B, Cézard L, Majira A, Schober S, Mittelbach M (2019). Influence of Base-Catalyzed Organosolv Fractionation of Larch Wood Sawdust on Fraction Yields and Lignin Properties. Catalysts, 9(12): 996. DOI

Daly P, Mcclellan C, Maluk M, Oakey H, Lapierre C, Waugh R, Stephens J, Marshall D, Barakate A, Tsuji Y, Goeminne G, Vanholme R, Boerjan W, Ralph J, Halpin C (2019). RNAi-suppression of barley caffeic acid O-methyltransferase modifies lignin despite redundancy in the gene family. Plant Biotechnol J, 17:594-607. PubMed | DOI

Hochegger M, Cottyn B, Cézard L, Schober S, Mittelbach M (2019). Influence of Ethanol Organosolv Pulping Conditions on Physicochemical Lignin Properties of European Larch. International Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2019:1-10. PubMed | DOI

Lapierre C, Voxeur A, Boutet S, Ralph J (2019). Arabinose Conjugates Diagnostic of Ferulate-Ferulate and Ferulate-Monolignol Cross-Coupling Are Released by Mild Acidolysis of Grass Cell Walls. J Agric Food Chem, 67:12962-12971. PubMed | DOI

Le Bris P, Wang Y, Barbereau C, Antelme S, Cézard L, Legée F, D'Orlando A, Dalmais M, Bendahmane A, Schuetz M, Samuels L, Lapierre C, Sibout R (2019). Inactivation of LACCASE8 and LACCASE5 genes in Brachypodium distachyon leads to severe decrease in lignin content and high increase in saccharification yield without impacting plant integrity. Biotechnol Biofuels, 12:181. PubMed | DOI

Majira A, Godon B, Foulon L, Van Der Putten JC, Cézard L, Thierry M, Pion F, Bado-Nilles A, Pandard P, Jayabalan T, Aguié-Béghin V, Ducrot PH, Lapierre C, Marlair G, Gosselink RJA, Baumberger S, Cottyn B (2019). Enhancing the Antioxidant Activity of Technical Lignins by Combining Solvent Fractionation and Ionic-Liquid Treatment. ChemSusChem, . PubMed | DOI

Ralph J, Lapierre C, Boerjan W (2019). Lignin structure and its engineering. Curr Opin Biotechnol, 56:240-249. PubMed | DOI

Chateigner-Boutin AL, Lapierre C, Alvarado C, Yoshinaga A, Barron C, Bouchet B, Bakan B, Saulnier L, Devaux MF, Girousse C, Guillon F (2018). Ferulate and lignin cross-links increase in cell walls of wheat grain outer layers during late development. Plant Sci, 276:199-207. PubMed | DOI

Have M, Balliau T, Cottyn B, Derond E, Cueff G, Soulay F, Lornac A, Reichman P, Dissmeyer N, Avice JC, Gallois P, Rajjou L, Zivy M, Masclaux-Daubresse C (2018). Increases in activity of proteasome and papain-like cysteine protease in Arabidopsis autophagy mutants: back-up compensatory effect or cell-death promoting effect?. J Exp Bot, 69:1369-1385. PubMed | DOI

Lapierre C, Voxeur A, Karlen SD, Helm RF, Ralph J (2018). Evaluation of Feruloylated and p-Coumaroylated Arabinosyl Units in Grass Arabinoxylans by Acidolysis in Dioxane/Methanol. J Agric Food Chem, 66:5418-5424. PubMed | DOI

Rashid GMM, Zhang X, Wilkinson RC, Fulop V, Cottyn B, Baumberger S, Bugg TDH (2018). Sphingobacterium sp. T2 Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Catalyzes the Oxidative Demethylation of Polymeric Lignin via Generation of Hydroxyl Radical. ACS Chem Biol, 13:2920-2929. PubMed | DOI

Thierry M, Majira A, Pégot B, Cézard L, Bourdreux F, Clément G, Perreau F, Boutet S, Diter P, Vo-Thanh G, Lapierre C, Ducrot PH, Magnier E, Baumberger S, Cottyn B (2018). Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids as Efficient Reagents for the C-O Bond Cleavage of Lignin. ChemSusChem, 11:439-448. PubMed | DOI

Chupin L, Arnoult S, Brancourt-Hulmel M, Lapierre C, Gineau E, Navard P (2017). Polyethylene composites made from below-ground miscanthus biomass. Industrial Crops and Products, 109:523-528. PubMed | DOI

Chupin L, Ridder D, Clément-Vidal A, Soutiras A, Gineau E, Mouille G, Arnoult S, Brancourt-Hulmel M, Lapierre C, Pot D, Vincent L, Mija A, Navard P (2017). Influence of the radial stem composition on the thermal behaviour of miscanthus and sorghum genotypes. Carbohydr Polym, 167:12-19. PubMed | DOI

Horbury MD, Quan WD, Flourat AL, Allais F, Stavros VG (2017). Elucidating nuclear motions in a plant sunscreen during photoisomerization through solvent viscosity effects. Phys Chem Chem Phys, 19:21127-21131. PubMed | DOI

Janvier M, Ducrot PH, Allais F (2017). Isocyanate-Free Synthesis and Characterization of Renewable Poly(hydroxy)urethanes from Syringaresinol. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 5:8648-8656. PubMed | DOI

Janvier M, Hollande L, Jaufurally AS, Pernes M, Menard R, Grimaldi M, Beaugrand J, Balaguer P, Ducrot PH, Allais F (2017). Syringaresinol: A Renewable and Safer Alternative to Bisphenol A for Epoxy-Amine Resins. ChemSusChem, 10:738-746. PubMed | DOI

Luo J, Liu Y, Yang S, Flourat AL, Allais F, Han K (2017). Ultrafast Barrierless Photoisomerization and Strong Ultraviolet Absorption of Photoproducts in Plant Sunscreens. J Phys Chem Lett, 8:1025-1030. PubMed | DOI

Sibout R, Proost S, Hansen BO, Vaid N, Giorgi FM, Ho-Yue-Kuang S, Legée F, Cezart L, Bouchabké-Coussa O, Soulhat C, Provart N, Pasha A, Le Bris P, Roujol D, Höfte H, Jamet E, Lapierre C, Persson S, Mutwil M (2017). Expression atlas and comparative coexpression network analyses reveal important genes involved in the formation of lignified cell wall in Brachypodium distachyon. New Phytol, 215:1009-1025. PubMed | DOI

Soler M, Plasencia A, Larbat R, Pouzet C, Jauneau A, Rivas S, Pesquet E, Lapierre C, Truchet I, Grima-Pettenati J (2017). The Eucalyptus linker histone variant EgH1.3 cooperates with the transcription factor EgMYB1 to control lignin biosynthesis during wood formation. New Phytol, 213:287-299. PubMed | DOI

Van Acker R, Déjardin A, Desmet S, Hoengenaert L, Vanholme R, Morreel K, Laurans F, Kim H, Santoro N, Foster C, Goeminne G, Legée F, Lapierre C, Pilate G, Ralph J, Boerjan W (2017). Different Routes for Conifer- and Sinapaldehyde and Higher Saccharification upon Deficiency in the Dehydrogenase CAD1. Plant Physiol, 175:1018-1039. PubMed | DOI