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Table 1 Key R2R3-MYB regulators identified in the transcriptional network of lignin biosynthesis in plants

From: Endoplasmic reticulum–localized UBC34 interaction with lignin repressors MYB221 and MYB156 regulates the transactivity of the transcription factors in Populus tomentosa

Protein name

ID

Plant

Function and references

Secondary cell wall master activators

 AtMYB46

At5g12870

Arabidopsis thaliana

Regulates the biosynthesis of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin of secondary walls [19,20,21]

 AtMYB83

At3g08500

Arabidopsis thaliana

Act redundantly with AtMYB46 [22]

 PtrMYB3

Potri.001G267300

Populus trichocarpa

Regulates the biosynthesis of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin of secondary walls [23]

 PtrMYB20

Potri.009G061500

Populus trichocarpa

Regulates the biosynthesis of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin of secondary walls [23]

 PtMYB4

AY356371

Pinus taeda

Regulates lignin biosynthesis [24]

 EgMYB2

AJ576023

Eucalyptus gunnii

Regulates secondary wall formation [25]

 OsMYB46

Os12g0515300

Oryza sativa

Regulates the biosynthesis of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin of secondary walls [26]

 ZmMYB46

JN634085

Zea mays

Regulates the biosynthesis of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin of secondary walls [26]

Lignin specific activators

 AtMYB58

At1g16490

Arabidopsis thaliana

Activates lignin biosynthetic pathway [17]

 AtMYB63

At1g79180

Arabidopsis thaliana

Activates lignin biosynthetic pathway [17]

 AtMYB85

At4g22680

Arabidopsis thaliana

Activates lignin biosynthetic pathway [27]

 PtMYB1

AY356372

Pinus taeda

Regulates lignin biosynthesis [18, 28]

Lignin transcriptional repressors

 AtMYB4

At4g38620

Arabidopsis thaliana

A repressor from subgroup 4 of R2R3-MYB family, represses SND1 and lignin biosynthesis [29]

 AtMYB32

At4g34990

Arabidopsis thaliana

A repressor from subgroup 4 of R2R3-MYB family, represses SND1 and lignin biosynthesis [29]

 PvMYB4

JF299185

Panicum virgatum

A repressor from subgroup 4 of R2R3-MYB family, down-regulates lignin biosynthesis [30]

 ZmMYB31

NM_001112479

Zea mays

A repressor from subgroup 4 of R2R3-MYB family, represses lignin biosynthesis [31, 32]

 ZmMYB42

NM_001112539

Zea mays

A repressor from subgroup 4 of R2R3-MYB family, represses lignin biosynthesis [33]

 PttMYB21a

AJ567345

Populus tremula x Populus tremuloides

Negatively regulates lignin biosynthesis [34]

 TaMYB4

JF746995

Triticum aestivum

A repressor from subgroup 4 of R2R3-MYB family, negatively regulates lignin biosynthesis [35]

 PdMYB221

not available

Populus deltoids

A repressor from subgroup 4 of R2R3-MYB family, negatively regulates the secondary wall formation [36]

 PtoMYB156

KT990214

Populus tomentosa

A repressor from subgroup 4 of R2R3-MYB family, represses phenylpropanoid biosynthesis [37]