Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Differentially evolved glucosyltransferases determine natural variation of rice flavone accumulation and UV-tolerance

  • Meng Peng,
  • Raheel Shahzad,
  • Ambreen Gul,
  • Hizar Subthain,
  • Shuangqian Shen,
  • Long Lei,
  • Zhigang Zheng,
  • Junjie Zhou,
  • Dandan Lu,
  • Shouchuang Wang,
  • Elsayed Nishawy,
  • Xianqing Liu,
  • Takayuki Tohge,
  • Alisdair R. Fernie,
  • Jie Luo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02168-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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In contrast to flavonols, the functions of plant flavones are largely unknown. Here, the authors report the two differentially evolved glucosyltranferases (flavone 7-O-glucosyltransferase and flavone 5-O-glucosyltransferase) determine natural variation of rice flavone accumulation and UV-tolerance.