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Publication Date
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2026-07-06 |
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Title
| Phellem Cell-Wall Components Are Discriminants of Cork Quality in Quercus suber [* Cross-Reference *] |
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Other Identifier
| https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00944
SCOPUS_ID:85072196712 |
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Author
| Pinheiro, Carla (Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa) - ORCID: 0000-0002-7799-0183
Wienkoop, Stefanie (Universität Wien)
de Almeida, João Feio (Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
Brunetti, Cecilia (Istituto per la Valorizzazione del Legno e delle Specie Arboree, Università degli Studi di Firenze)
Zarrouk, Olfa (Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
Planchon, Sébastien (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology)
Gori, Antonella (Università degli Studi di Firenze)
Tattini, Massimiliano (Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche)
Ricardo, Cândido Pinto (Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
Renaut, Jenny (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology)
Teixeira, Rita Teresa (Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa) - ORCID: 0000-0002-9373-0760 |
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Description
| Cork is a renewable, non-wood high valued forest product, with relevant ecological and economic impact in the Mediterranean-type ecosystems. Currently, cork is ranked according to its commercial quality. The most valuable planks are chosen for cork stoppers production. Cork planks with adequate thickness and porosity are classified as stoppable quality cork (SQC). The chemical composition of cork is known, but the regulation of metabolic pathways responsible of cork production and composition, hence of cork quality, is largely unknown. Here, we tested the hypothesis that post-genomic events may be responsible for the development of SQC and N-SQC (non-stoppable quality cork). Here, we show that combined proteomics and targeted metabolomics (namely soluble and cell wall bound phenolics) analyzed on recently formed phellem allows discriminate cork planks of different quality. Phellem cells of SQC and N-SQC displayed different reducing capacity, with consequential impact on both enzymatic pathways (e.g., glycolysis) and other cellular functions, including cell wall assembly and suberization. Glycolysis and respiration related proteins were abundant in both cork quality groups, whereas the level of several proteins associated to mitochondrial metabolism was higher in N-SQC. The soluble and cell wall-bound phenolics in recently formed phellem clearly discriminated SQC from N-SCQ. In our study, SQC was characterized by a high incorporation of aromatic components of the phenylpropanoid pathway in the cell wall, together with a lower content of hydrolysable tannins. Here, we propose that the level of hydrolysable tannins may represent a valuable diagnostic tool for screening recently formed phellem, and used as a proxy for the quality grade of cork plank produced by each tree. (2019-07-30)
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Subject
| Earth and Environmental Sciences |
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Keyword
| cell-wall immobilized phenolics
hydrolysable tannins
proteomics
soluble phenolics
targeted metabolomics |
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Funding Information
| European Cooperation in Science and Technology: PTDC/AGRAAM/100465/2008 |
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Deposit Date
| 2019-07-30 |
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Data Type
| Article |
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Data Source
| Frontiers in Plant Science; eISSN: 1664462X, vol. 10 |