Do Cell Wall Esters Facilitate Forest Response to Climate?

Rebecca A Dewhirst; Jenny C Mortimer; Kolby J Jardine

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2020.05.011

Do Cell Wall Esters Facilitate Forest Response to Climate?

Trends Plant Sci. 2020 Aug;25(8):729-732. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2020.05.011. Epub 2020 Jun 26.

Authors

Rebecca A Dewhirst¹, Jenny C Mortimer², Kolby J Jardine³

Affiliations

¹ Climate and Ecosystems Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA. Electronic address: radewhirst@lbl.gov.
² Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA; Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology, Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA. Electronic address: jcmortimer@lbl.gov.
³ Climate and Ecosystems Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA. Electronic address: kjjardine@lbl.gov.

PMID: 32600937
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2020.05.011

Abstract

Terrestrial ecosystem dynamics are strongly modified by stresses associated with climate change, impacting plant growth and development, mortality, and ecological succession. Here we highlight the potential role of plant cell wall esters to link changes in cell wall structure and function with biosphere-atmosphere fluxes of methanol, acetic acid, carbon dioxide (CO₂), and water (H₂O).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Atmosphere
Carbon Dioxide
Cell Wall
Climate Change
Ecosystem*
Esters*
Forests

Substances

Esters
Carbon Dioxide