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Differentially evolved glucosyltransferases determine natural variation of rice flavone accumulation and UV-tolerance.
Nature communications - 7 Dec 2017
Peng Meng, Shahzad Raheel, Gul Ambreen, Subthain Hizar, Shen Shuangqian, Lei Long, Zheng Zhigang, Zhou Junjie, Lu Dandan, Wang Shouchuang, Nishawy Elsayed, Liu Xianqing, Tohge Takayuki, Fernie Alisdair R, Luo Jie
Abstract excerpt
Decoration of phytochemicals contributes to the majority of metabolic diversity in nature, whereas how this process alters the biological functions of their precursor molecules remains to be investigated. Flavones, an important yet overlooked subclass of flavonoids, are most commonly conjugated with sugar moieties by UDP-dependent glycosyltransferases (UGTs). Here, we report that the natural variation of rice...
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