Elucidation of the structure of lignin-carbohydrate complexes in ginkgo CW-DHP by13C-2H dual isotope tracer

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To elucidate the chemical linkages between lignin and carbohydrates in ginkgo cell walls, 13 C-2H-enriched cell wall-dehydrogenation polymers (CW-DHP) were selectively prepared with cambial tissue from Ginkgo biloba L. by feeding D-glucose-[6-2H2], coniferin-[α-13C], and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) inhibitor. The abundant detection of13C and2H confirmed that D-glucose-[62H2] and coniferin-[α-13C] were involved in the normal metabolism of ginkgo cambial cells that had been effectively labelled with dual isotopes. In the ginkgo CW-DHP, ketal and ether linkages were formed between the C-α of lignin side chains and carbohydrates, as revealed by solid state CP/MAS13C-NMR differential spectroscopy. Furthermore, the DMSO/TBAH ionic liquids system was used to fractionate the ball-milled CW-DHP into three lignin-carbohydrate complex (LCC) fractions: glucan–lignin complex (GL), glucomannan–lignin complex (GML), and xylan–lignin complex (XL). The XRD determination indicated that the cellulose type I of the GL was converted into cellulose type II during the separation process. The molecular weight was in the order of AcGL > Ac-GML > XL. The13C-NMR and1H-NMR differential spectroscopy of13C-2H-enriched GL fraction indicated that lignin was linked with cellulose C-6 by benzyl ether linkages. It was also found that there were benzyl ether linkages between the lignin side chain C-α and glucomannan C6 in the13C-2H-enriched GML fraction. The formation of ketal linkages between the C-α of lignin and xylan was confirmed in the13C-2H-enriched XL fraction.

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Zhang, K., Liu, Y., Cui, S., & Xie, Y. (2021). Elucidation of the structure of lignin-carbohydrate complexes in ginkgo CW-DHP by13C-2H dual isotope tracer. Molecules, 26(19). https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26195740

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