Development of high-throughput lignin determination and characterization methods and discovery of oxalate transporter from Fomitopsis palustris

摘要

It is becoming more important to establish a sustainable society, which depends on renewable resources. Wood biomass is the most abundant renewable resource on the earth, and therefore, the better utilization and efficient production of wood biomass are the key factors to establish a sustainable society. In this context, our laboratory is involved in analyzing metabolic functions of forest plants and microorganisms from a wide variety of aspects, including organic chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, and metabolomics, aiming at the elucidation of mechanisms of wood formation of biomass plants, degradation of wood by wood-rotting fungi, and symbiosis of ectomycorrhizal fungi with forest trees, and their biotechnological application. Here we describe the recent research topics of our laboratory.