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Profiles of Metabolic Genes in Uncaria rhynchophylla and Characterization of the Critical Enzyme Involved in the Biosynthesis of Bioactive Compounds-(iso)Rhynchophylline

Rhynchophylline (RIN) and isorhynchophylline (IRN), two of the representative types of indole alkaloids, showed the unique spiroindole structures produced in Uncaria rhynchophylla. As the bioactive constituent of U. rhynchophylla, IRN… Click to show full abstract

Rhynchophylline (RIN) and isorhynchophylline (IRN), two of the representative types of indole alkaloids, showed the unique spiroindole structures produced in Uncaria rhynchophylla. As the bioactive constituent of U. rhynchophylla, IRN has recently drawn extensive attention toward antihypertensive and neuroprotective activities. Despite their medicinal importance and unique chemical structure, the biosynthetic pathways of plant spiroindole alkaloids are still largely unknown. In this study, we used U. rhynchophylla, extensively used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), a widely cultivated plant of the Uncaria genus, to investigate the biosynthetic genes and characterize the functional enzymes in the spiroindole alkaloids. We aim to use the transcriptome platform to analyse the tissue-specific gene expression in spiroindole alkaloids-producing tissues, including root, bud, stem bark and leaf. The critical genes involved in the biosynthesis of precursors and scaffold formation of spiroindole alkaloids were discovered and characterized. The datasets from this work provide an essential resource for further investigating metabolic pathways in U. rhynchophylla and facilitate novel functional enzyme characterization and a good biopharming approach to spiroindole alkaloids.

Keywords: rhynchophylline; spiroindole alkaloids; uncaria rhynchophylla; involved biosynthesis; enzyme

Journal Title: Biomolecules
Year Published: 2022

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