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Natural variation in flavonol accumulation in Arabidopsis is determined by the flavonol glucosyltransferase BGLU6.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Mar 2016
Ishihara Hirofumi, Tohge Takayuki, Viehöver Prisca, Fernie Alisdair R, Weisshaar Bernd, Stracke Ralf
Abstract excerpt
Flavonols are colourless secondary metabolites, primarily regarded as UV-protection pigments that are deposited in plants in their glycosylated forms. The glycosylation of flavonols is mainly catalysed by UDP-sugar-dependent glycosyltransferases (UGTs). Although the structures of flavonol glycosides accumulating in Arabidopsis thaliana are known, many genes involved in the flavonol glycosylation pathway are yet to...
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