在Solanaceae中的生物合成基因集群的子功能化和表观遗传调节
Santiago Priego-Cubero1, Eva Knoch1, Zhidan Wang2
1Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) Biocenter, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Martinsried 82152, Germany.
概括
研究人员在地桃中发现了一种与hanolide生物合成基因集群 (BGC). 这种BGC进化了不同的子集群,在空间上分离了特殊代谢物的产生,受表观遗传修饰和染色质结构的影响.
科学领域:
- 植物生物化学和分子生物学
- 基因组学和表观基因组学
- 自然产品的生物合成.
背景情况:
- 生物合成基因集群 (BGCs) 协调了真核生物,特别是植物和真菌中专门代谢物的产生.
- 维他诺化物是类固醇三类化合物,具有显著的制药潜力,在Solanaceae家族中发现.
研究的目的:
- 为了识别和表征Physalis grisea (碎桃) 中的withanolide BGC.
- 研究该BGC的演变和调节,重点关注子功能化和表观遗传控制.
- 了解Solanaceae家族中与乙醇化BGCs的遗传分布和多样化.
主要方法:
- 用转录基因,表观基因和代谢分析来研究BCC.
- 用比较的族系学来追踪BGC的进化历史.
- 在基因表达方面分析了染色质结构和表观遗传特征.
主要成果:
- 在 *Physalis grisea* 中发现了一种新型的withanolide BGC.
- BGC经历了重复,进化出两个具有相似基因的特定组织子集群,导致子功能化.
- 表观遗传修饰和染色体域组织调节组织特异性表达和空间分离的与hanolide生产.
结论:
- 这项研究揭示了植物BGC中的表观遗传调节的子功能化,影响了专门的代谢物生物合成.
- 维他诺酸BGC可能早于Solanaceae多样化,随后发生了谱系特异性的进化.
- 这项研究提供了关于维他诺化的生物合成,它们的生态作用和潜在的制药应用的见解.
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