EgMYB2, a new transcriptional activator from Eucalyptus xylem, regulates secondary cell wall formation and lignin biosynthesis
type: Dataset
contact point: Organization
  fn: CCSD
keyword: secondary-cell-wall
keyword: arabidopsis-thaliana
keyword: myb
keyword: coa-reductase
keyword: o-methyltransferase
keyword: sdvbvlife-sciences-q-biovegetal-biology
keyword: down-regulation
keyword: poplar-plants
keyword: journal-articles
keyword: xylem
keyword: transgenic-tobacco
keyword: transcription
keyword: vascular-expression
keyword: lignin
keyword: cinnamyl-alcohol-dehydrogenase-r2r3-myb-gene-family
keyword: infoeu-reposemanticsarticle
keyword: phenylpropanoid-biosynthesis
landing page: 0960-7412
description: EgMYB2, a member of a new subgroup of the R2R3 MYB family of transcription factors, was cloned from a library consisting of RNA from differentiating Eucalyptus xylem. EgMYB2 maps to a unique locus on the Eucalyptus grandis linkage map and co-localizes with a quantitative trait locus (QTL) for lignin content. Recombinant EgMYB2 protein was able to bind specifically the cis-regulatory regions of the promoters of two lignin biosynthetic genes, cinnamoyl-coenzyme A reductase (CCR) and cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD), which contain MYB consensus binding sites. EgMYB2 was also able to regulate their transcription in both transient and stable expression assays. Transgenic tobacco plants over-expressing EgMYB2 displayed phenotypic changes relative to wild-type plants, among which were a dramatic increase in secondary cell wall thickness, and an alteration of the lignin profiles. Transcript abundance of genes encoding enzymes specific to lignin biosynthesis was increased to varying extents according to the position of individual genes in the pathway, whereas core phenylpropanoid genes were not significantly affected. Together these results suggest a role for EgMYB2 in the co-ordinated control of genes belonging to the monolignol-specific pathway, and therefore in the biosynthesis of lignin and the regulation of secondary cell wall formation.
issued: 2026-05-09T17:59:13.373018
language: en
modified: 2026-05-09T17:59:13.373023

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EgMYB2, a new transcriptional activator from Eucalyptus xylem, regulates secondary cell wall formation and lignin biosynthesis
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