Sentences with phrase «gives plants their structure»

It gives plants their structure, and it's the critical substance needed to make cellulosic ethanol.

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Sandia National Laboratories working at JBEI have resolved the protein structure of the enzyme LigM, which is utilized by the soil bacterium Sphingomonas to metabolize aryl compounds derived from lignin, the stiff, organic material that gives plants their structure.

Researchers are exploring ways to use acid or enzymes to break the cellulose away from the lignin that gives the plant its structure.

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Gluten is a protein that is naturally found in many plants, especially grains like wheat, barley, and rye, that helps to give foods structure.

Lignin is a tough and highly complex molecule that gives the plant cell wall its rigid structure.

Fiber is available in varying degrees in virtually all plant material, and whole grains — it's what gives plant material its structure (in an oversimplified explanation).

Cellulose is an insoluble, indigestible fiber (long - chain carbohydrate) that makes up a good portion of the cell wall within plant foods, giving them rigidity and structure.

It is the substance that gives structure to all plants.

Successive breakthroughs in the natural sciences gave rise to a system of graphical schema to represent the natural order — whether the planetary orbits around the sun, the life cycle of plants, or the double - helix structure of DNA.

They note that the lignin plant structure that is left after cellulose and carbohydrates are taken can be burned to help fuel the conversion process, giving the whole operation a much better greenhouse gas advantage than simply fermenting corn.

The structured pathways and planting give a formal feel to the garden, while circular shapes soften the look.

As plants, they give architectural structure to a garden adding subtle colour and texture, too.

An informal, overgrown planting scheme looks lovely in a vintage garden, but a few well - placed accessories give it structure, particularly for garden parties.