cDNA of 4-coumarate: coenzyme a ligase and process for modifying lignin in plants

摘要

The object of the present invention is to provide a transformed plant that produces woody raw materials having improved pulp cooking property and that has a growth characteristics equal to that of the wild type plant by changing the expression of 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase (4CL) gene.By transforming a plant using an antisense 4CL gene or a sense 4CL gene constructed using a portion of cDNA encoding 4CL, it is possible to suppress the expression of the intrinsic 4C1 gene.