Article
Striking natural diversity in glandular trichome acylsugar composition is shaped by variation at the Acyltransferase2 locus in the wild tomato Solanum habrochaites.
Plant physiology - 1 Dec 2012
Kim Jeongwoon, Kang Kiyoon, Gonzales-Vigil Eliana, Shi Feng, Jones A Daniel, Barry Cornelius S, Last Robert L
Abstract excerpt
Acylsugars are polyesters of short- to medium-length acyl chains on sucrose or glucose backbones that are produced in secretory glandular trichomes of many solanaceous plants, including cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Despite their roles in biotic stress adaptation and their wide taxonomic distribution, there is relatively little information about the diversity of these compounds and the genes...
Topics
- Acylation
- Acyltransferases
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Carbohydrates
- Chromatography, Liquid
- Cluster Analysis
- Ecotype
- Esters
- Evolution, Molecular
- Fatty Acids