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Forest Metabolic Chemistry Lab
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The lab unravels how plants make polymers and metabolites.
AboutAbout the lab
How do plants build their rigid cell walls?
The Forest Metabolic Chemistry Lab studies the diverse organic biopolymers and low-molecular-weight secondary metabolites produced by plants.
The lab carries out basic research on the structure, formation, and metabolic engineering of cell wall polymers (lignocellulose) and extracellular polymers (cutin, suberin, sporopollenin), as well as research on useful secondary metabolites (phenylpropanoids) that share biosynthetic pathways with them.
Key terms
- Lignocellulose
- A complex of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin that makes up plant cell walls
- Secondary metabolite
- A plant component that is not directly necessary for survival but is used for purposes such as defense
- Metabolic engineering
- A technology that manipulates genes to change how an organism produces substances
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies the structure, formation, and metabolic engineering of the organic biopolymers and low-molecular-weight secondary metabolites that plants produce.
*Illustrative imageCell Walls of Land Plants and Environmental Adaptation
Plants that moved onto land acquired the ability to build rigid cell walls and lipid-based coating layers to withstand drought and ultraviolet radiation. By studying the structure and function of these polymers and how they are made, the lab explores the evolution and environmental adaptation of land plants.
*Illustrative imageMetabolic Engineering of Cell Wall Polymers and Useful Compounds
Using the mechanisms (genes) by which plants make cell wall polymers and extracellular polymers, the lab aims to control their formation artificially and create plants with improved biomass productivity and usability.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorYuki Tobimatsu
- Assistant ProfessorKanade Tatsumi
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Rosa epicuticular wax stoma” Plantsurfer at English Wikipedia / Public domain (cropped)
- Cell Walls of Land Plants and Environmental Adaptation: “Erodium spec. polen granule exine” Lukas Herold / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Metabolic Engineering of Cell Wall Polymers and Useful Compounds: “Brassica leaf” Оля Марусин та Zlir'a / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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