Exploiting natural variation for accelerating discoveries in plant specialized metabolism
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DOI: 10.1007/s11101-017-9524-2
Abstract: Plants have the capacity to produce a staggering array of chemically diverse low molecular weight compounds called specialized metabolites. Though they are non-essential for basic cell activities, these molecules are characterized by their role as… read more here.
Keywords: variation; plant; natural variation; plant specialized ... See more keywords
Plant specialized metabolites modulate root microbiomes
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DOI: 10.1007/s11427-019-9579-6
Abstract: Plants are surrounded by myriad microbes during their growth, death, and importantly, evolution (Zhang et al., 2018). It is well known that the interaction between plantassociated microbes and their hosts greatly impacts host development and… read more here.
Keywords: specialized metabolites; plant; plant specialized; root ... See more keywords
Adaptive mechanisms of plant specialized metabolism connecting chemistry to function
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DOI: 10.1038/s41589-021-00822-6
Abstract: As sessile organisms, plants evolved elaborate metabolic systems that produce a plethora of specialized metabolites as a means to survive challenging terrestrial environments. Decades of research have revealed the genetic and biochemical basis for a… read more here.
Keywords: specialized metabolites; adaptive mechanisms; plant specialized; chemistry ... See more keywords
Overcoming the plasticity of plant specialized metabolism for selective diterpene production in yeast
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09592-5
Abstract: Plants synthesize numerous specialized metabolites (also termed natural products) to mediate dynamic interactions with their surroundings. The complexity of plant specialized metabolism is the result of an inherent biosynthetic plasticity rooted in the substrate and… read more here.
Keywords: production; plant; plant specialized; specialized metabolism ... See more keywords
The Vacuolar Transportome of Plant Specialized Metabolites
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DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcy039
Abstract: The plant vacuole is a cellular compartment that is essential to plant development and growth. Often plant vacuoles accumulate specialized metabolites, also called secondary metabolites, which constitute functionally and chemically diverse compounds that exert in… read more here.
Keywords: specialized metabolites; plant; plant specialized; physiology ... See more keywords
Phylogenomic and synteny analysis of BAHD and SCP/SCPL gene families reveal their evolutionary histories in plant specialized metabolism
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DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2023.0349
Abstract: Plant chemical diversity is largely owing to a number of enzymes which catalyse reactions involved in the assembly, and in the subsequent chemical modifications, of the core structures of major classes of plant specialized metabolites.… read more here.
Keywords: bahd; plant; phylogenomic synteny; gene families ... See more keywords
Pharmacophagy in insects: Ecological and evolutionary perspectives on the non‐nutritional use of plant specialized metabolites
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DOI: 10.1111/eea.13586
Abstract: Herbivorous insects can interact with plants in ways that go beyond nutrition, with plant specialized (secondary) metabolites (PSMs) mediating complex non‐nutritional relationships. While PSMs often function as anti‐herbivore defenses, many insects have evolved strategies to… read more here.
Keywords: plant; pharmacophagy insects; plant specialized; non nutritional ... See more keywords
Metabolization and sequestration of plant specialized metabolites in insect herbivores: Current and emerging approaches
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DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.1001032
Abstract: Herbivorous insects encounter diverse plant specialized metabolites (PSMs) in their diet, that have deterrent, anti-nutritional, or toxic properties. Understanding how they cope with PSMs is crucial to understand their biology, population dynamics, and evolution. This… read more here.
Keywords: specialized metabolites; metabolization sequestration; plant; plant specialized ... See more keywords
Evolutionary Developments in Plant Specialized Metabolism, Exemplified by Two Transferase Families
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DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00794
Abstract: Plant specialized metabolism emerged from the land colonization by ancient plants, becoming diversified along with plant evolution. To date, more than 1 million metabolites have been predicted to exist in the plant kingdom, and their… read more here.
Keywords: plant; transferase families; plant specialized; two transferase ... See more keywords
Integrated microbiome and metabolomics analysis reveal the relationship between plant-specialized metabolites and microbial community in Phellodendron amurense
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DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1363063
Abstract: Phellodendron amurense is the essential source of bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids (BIAs), making it a highly valued raw material in traditional Chinese medicine. The plant’s root secondary metabolism is intricately linked to the microbial communities that surround… read more here.
Keywords: phellodendron amurense; plant specialized; specialized metabolites; plant ... See more keywords
Co-regulation of Clustered and Neo-functionalized Genes in Plant-Specialized Metabolism
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DOI: 10.3390/plants9050622
Abstract: Current findings of neighboring genes involved in plant specialized metabolism provide the genomic signatures of metabolic evolution. Two such genomic features, namely, (i) metabolic gene cluster and (ii) neo-functionalization of tandem gene duplications, represent key… read more here.
Keywords: neighboring genes; plant; metabolism; plant specialized ... See more keywords