Fig. 6From: Mutation of 4-coumarate: coenzyme A ligase 1 gene affects lignin biosynthesis and increases the cell wall digestibility in maize brown midrib5 mutantsThe putative biosynthetic pathway of FQA in maize. a The formation of FQA after adding FG into the crude extractive protein from B73 plant. b The formation of FQA after adding FG into the crude extractive protein from bm5-504J mutant. c The putative FQA biosynthetic pathway in maize. FQA, feruloyl quinic acid. FG, feruloyl glucoside. HCGQT, hydroxycinnamoyl d-glucose: quinate hydroxycinnamoyl transferaseBack to article page