Rescue of syringyl lignin and sinapate ester biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana by a coniferaldehyde 5-hydroxylase from Eucalyptus globulus

Key message The gene coding for F5H fromEucalyptus globuluswas cloned and used to transform anf5h-mutant ofArabidopsis thaliana, which was complemented, thus verifying the identity of the cloned gene.