Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

Pathways to defense metabolites and evading fruit bitterness in genus Solanum evolved through 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases

  • Pablo D. Cárdenas,
  • Prashant D. Sonawane,
  • Uwe Heinig,
  • Adam Jozwiak,
  • Sayantan Panda,
  • Bekele Abebie,
  • Yana Kazachkova,
  • Margarita Pliner,
  • Tamar Unger,
  • Dalia Wolf,
  • Itai Ofner,
  • Ester Vilaprinyo,
  • Sagit Meir,
  • Olga Davydov,
  • Amit Gal-on,
  • Saul Burdman,
  • Ashok Giri,
  • Dani Zamir,
  • Tali Scherf,
  • Jedrzej Szymanski,
  • Ilana Rogachev,
  • Asaph Aharoni

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13211-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Steroidal glycoalkaloids (SGAs) accumulate in Solanum, but their hydroxylating enzymes are unknown. Here, the authors report 2-OXOGLUTARATE DEPENDENT DIOXYGENASE enzymes that catalyze the committed hydroxylation steps in the biosynthesis of leptinine insecticidal compounds in wild potato or non-bitter SGAs in cultivated tomato.