Identification of a novel anthocyanin synthesis pathway in the fungus Aspergillus sydowii H-1 DOI Creative Commons
Congfan Bu, Qian Zhang, Jie Zeng

et al.

BMC Genomics, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 21(1)

Published: Jan. 8, 2020

Anthocyanins are common substances with many agro-food industrial applications. However, anthocyanins generally considered to be found only in natural plants. Our previous study isolated and purified the fungus Aspergillus sydowii H-1, which can produce purple pigments during fermentation. To understand characteristics of this strain, a transcriptomic metabolomic comparative analysis was performed A. H-1 from second eighth days fermentation, confer different pigment production.We five remarkably production on day fermentation compared LC-MS/MS combined other suggested that contained anthocyanins. A total 28 transcripts related anthocyanin biosynthesis pathway identified almost all genes displayed high correlations metabolome. Among them, chalcone synthase gene (CHS) cinnamate-4-hydroxylase (C4H) were using de novo assembly method. Interestingly, best hits these two belonged plant species. Finally, we also 530 lncRNAs our datasets, among three targeted via cis-regulation, provided clues for understanding underlying mechanism fungi.We first reported produced fungus, H-1. Totally, 31 candidate involved biosynthesis, CHS C4H, known as key strain H1, indicated may contribute producing This discovery expanded knowledges direction anthocyanin.

Language: Английский

MapMan4: A Refined Protein Classification and Annotation Framework Applicable to Multi-Omics Data Analysis DOI Creative Commons

Rainer Schwacke,

Gabriel Yaxal Ponce‐Soto, Kirsten Krause

et al.

Molecular Plant, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 12(6), P. 879 - 892

Published: Jan. 9, 2019

Language: Английский

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414

Tropane Alkaloids: Chemistry, Pharmacology, Biosynthesis and Production DOI Creative Commons

Kathrin Laura Kohnen-Johannsen,

Oliver Kayser

Molecules, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 24(4), P. 796 - 796

Published: Feb. 22, 2019

Tropane alkaloids (TA) are valuable secondary plant metabolites which mostly found in high concentrations the Solanaceae and Erythroxylaceae families. The TAs, characterized by their unique bicyclic tropane ring system, can be divided into three major groups: hyoscyamine scopolamine, cocaine calystegines. Although all TAs have same basic structure, they differ immensely biological, chemical pharmacological properties. Scopolamine, also known as hyoscine, has largest legitimate market a agent due to its treatment of nausea, vomiting, motion sickness, well smooth muscle spasms while is 2nd most frequently consumed illicit drug globally. This review provides comprehensive overview highlighting structural diversity, use pharmaceutical therapy from both historical modern perspectives, natural biosynthesis

Language: Английский

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257

The scaffold-forming steps of plant alkaloid biosynthesis DOI Creative Commons
Benjamin R. Lichman

Natural Product Reports, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 38(1), P. 103 - 129

Published: Aug. 3, 2020

Alkaloids from plants are characterised by structural diversity and bioactivity, maintain a privileged position in both modern traditional medicines. In recent years, there have been significant advances elucidating the biosynthetic origins of plant alkaloids. this review, I will describe progress made determining metabolic so-called true alkaloids, specialised metabolites derived amino acids containing nitrogen heterocycle. By identifying key steps that feature majority pathways, highlight roles played modifications to primary metabolism, iminium reactivity spontaneous reactions molecular evolutionary these pathways.

Language: Английский

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161

Fruit ripening: dynamics and integrated analysis of carotenoids and anthocyanins DOI Creative Commons

L. D. Kapoor,

Andrew J. Simkin,

C. George Priya Doss

et al.

BMC Plant Biology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 22(1)

Published: Jan. 11, 2022

Fruits are vital food resources as they loaded with bioactive compounds varying different stages of ripening. As the fruit ripens, a dynamic color change is observed from green to yellow red due biosynthesis pigments like chlorophyll, carotenoids, and anthocyanins. Apart making attractive being visual indicator ripening status, add value ripened by them source nutraceuticals industrial products. matures, it undergoes biochemical changes which alter pigment composition fruits.The synthesis, degradation retention pathways mediated hormonal, genetic, environmental factors. Manipulation underlying regulatory mechanisms during suggests ways enhance desired in fruits biotechnological interventions. Here we report, in-depth insight into dynamics action.This review emphasizes role an asset augment nutritive value, antioxidant levels net carbon gain fruits; for biofortification have tremendous along tool predict harvest. This report will be great utility harvesters, traders, consumers, natural product divisions extract leading nutraceutical potential preferred biosynthesized at stages.

Language: Английский

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127

Regulation Mechanism of Plant Pigments Biosynthesis: Anthocyanins, Carotenoids, and Betalains DOI Creative Commons

Xuecheng Zhao,

Yueran Zhang, Tuan Long

et al.

Metabolites, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 12(9), P. 871 - 871

Published: Sept. 16, 2022

Anthocyanins, carotenoids, and betalains are known as the three major pigments in plant kingdom. Anthocyanins flavonoids derived from phenylpropanoid pathway. They undergo acylation glycosylation cytoplasm to produce anthocyanin derivatives deposits cytoplasm. Anthocyanin biosynthesis is regulated by MBW (comprised R2R3-MYB, basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) WD40) complex. Carotenoids fat-soluble terpenoids whose synthetic genes also As precursors for synthesis of hormones nutrients, carotenoids not only synthesized plants, but some fungi bacteria, play an important role photosynthesis. Betalains special water-soluble that exist Caryophyllaceae plants. Compared anthocyanins regulation mechanism simpler, starting tyrosine, MYB (myeloblastosis). Recently, a considerable amount novel information has been gathered on pigment biosynthesis, specifically with respect aspects. In this review, we summarize knowledge current gaps our understanding view highlighting opportunities development pigment-rich

Language: Английский

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73

The evolution of betalain biosynthesis in Caryophyllales DOI Open Access
Alfonso Timoneda, Tao Feng, Hester Sheehan

et al.

New Phytologist, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 224(1), P. 71 - 85

Published: June 7, 2019

Within the angiosperm order Caryophyllales, an unusual class of pigments known as betalains can replace otherwise ubiquitous anthocyanins. In contrast to phenylalanine-derived anthocyanins, are tyrosine-derived which contain chromophore betalamic acid. The origin betalain within Caryophyllales and their mutual exclusion with anthocyanin have been subject considerable research. recent years, numerous discoveries, accelerated by -omic scale data, phylogenetics synthetic biology, shed light on evolution biosynthetic pathway in Caryophyllales. These advances include elucidation steps pathway, identification transcriptional regulators synthesis, resolution phylogenetic history key genes, insight into a role for modulation primary metabolism synthesis. Here we review how molecular genetics advanced our understanding discuss impact revealing its evolutionary history. these insights, explore new betalains, homoplastic distribution pigmentation We conclude speculative conceptual model stepwise emergence pigmentation.

Language: Английский

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145

Dynamics of antioxidant activities, metabolites, phenolic acids, flavonoids, and phenolic biosynthetic genes in germinating Chinese wild rice (Zizania latifolia) DOI

Cheng Chu,

Yongmei Du,

Xiu-Ting Yu

et al.

Food Chemistry, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 318, P. 126483 - 126483

Published: Feb. 25, 2020

Language: Английский

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98

Metabolic Profiling of Pitaya (Hylocereus polyrhizus) during Fruit Development and Maturation DOI Creative Commons

Yawei Wu,

Juan Xu,

Yi-Zhong He

et al.

Molecules, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 24(6), P. 1114 - 1114

Published: March 20, 2019

Pitaya (Hylocereus polyrhizus) has attracted much interest from consumers as it is a novelty fruit with high nutrient content and tolerance to drought stress. As group of attractive pigment- health-promoting natural compounds, betalains represent visual feature for pitaya quality. However, little information on the correlation between relevant metabolites exists so far. Currently, color (Commission International del'Eclairage, CIE) parameters, betalain contents, untargeted metabolic profiling (gas chromatography-time-of-flight-mass spectrometry, GC⁻MS liquid chromatography tandem mass LC⁻MS) have been examined 'Zihonglong' fruits at nine different developmental stages, variation character metabolite contents was simultaneously investigated peel pulp. Furthermore, principal component analysis (PCA) partial least-squares discriminant (PLS-DA) were used explore profiles samples. Our results demonstrated that decrease amino acid, accompanied by increase sugars organic might contribute formation betalains. Notably, one four potential biomarker metabolites, citramalic acid be related formation.

Language: Английский

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91

Integrated transcriptomics and metabolomics analyses provide insights into cold stress response in wheat DOI Creative Commons
Yong Zhao, Meng Zhou, Ke Xu

et al.

The Crop Journal, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 7(6), P. 857 - 866

Published: Oct. 21, 2019

Cold tolerance of crop plants influences survival and productivity under low-temperature conditions. Elucidation molecular mechanisms underlying low temperature could be helpful in breeding. In this study, we used integrated transcriptomics metabolomics analyses to investigate changes gene/metabolite activity a winter-hardy wheat cultivar (cv. Jing 411) when subjected sold stress. The 223 metabolites mainly enriched during cold acclimation included carbohydrates, flavonoids, amino acids. Eight common had altered abundance following freezing treatment; six increased two decreased. Transcriptome analysis revealed that 29,066 genes were differentially expressed crowns after compared the non-acclimated control. Among them, 745 up-regulated treatment, suggesting substantial change expression large quantity upon which impacts on modified metabolites. Integrated gene metabolite profiles abscisic acid (ABA)/jasmonic (JA) phytohormone signaling proline biosynthesis pathways significantly modulated treatments. Our results indicated stress induced both transcriptomes metabolomes. Critical associated with ABA/JA played important roles regulating wheat.

Language: Английский

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91

Betalain plant sources, biosynthesis, extraction, stability enhancement methods, bioactivity, and applications DOI
Juan Pablo Carreón‐Hidalgo,

Diana Carolina Franco‐Vásquez,

Darío R. Gómez‐Linton

et al.

Food Research International, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 151, P. 110821 - 110821

Published: Nov. 25, 2021

Language: Английский

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