Table 2 Chemical composition of cell walls isolated from wild-type and AdoMetase lines grown in the greenhouse until full maturity

Glucose

326.7 (1.7)

344.5 (7.1)

340.8 (5.9)

329.7 (2.6)

334.1 (2.9)

Xylose

218.5 (2.2)

229.7 (4.6)

218.3 (4.6)

217.7 (0.2)

220.4 (2.3)

Arabinose

34.5 (0.2)

39.8 (1.4)*

35.1 (0.8)

33.0 (0.5)*

35.1 (0.2)

Acid-insoluble lignin

138.3 (2.6)

113.6 (3.9)*

123.4 (3.1)*

132.6 (4.1)

129.2 (1.6)*

Acid-soluble lignin

16.3 (0.1)

17.9 (0.2)*

17.8 (0.2)*

16.5 (0.1)

17.0 (0.1)

p-Coumarate

11.9 (0.2)

10.1 (0.3)*

10.6 (0.7)

12.8 (0.3)

12.2 (0.3)

Ferulate

5.2 (0.1)

4.7 (0.1)*

4.4 (0.1)*

4.6 (0.1)*

4.8 (0.1)*

Glucuronic acid

7.5 (0.1)

9.1 (0.2)*

8.6 (0.2)*

7.7 (0.1)

7.5 (0.1)

4-O-Methylglucuronic acid

4.4 (0.1)

4.5 (0.2)

3.8 (0.2)*

4.2 (0.1)

3.9 (0.1)*