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Naturally impaired side-chain shortening of aromatic 3-ketoacyl-CoAs reveals the biosynthetic pathway of plant acetophenones.
Nature plants - 1 Sept 2025
Zhai Rui, Zhang Hongjuan, Xie Yinpeng, Zhang Shichao, Zhou Fengli, Du Xuan, Chen Weifeng, Yan YanFang, Zhang Jing, Li Pengmin, Atkinson Ross, Wang Zhigang, Yang Chengquan, Guan Qingmei, Ma Fengwang, Xu Lingfei
Abstract excerpt
Acetophenones, which show scattered distribution across phylogenetically distant plants and fungi, play diverse roles in plant-plant, plant-insect, plant-microbiome and even animal-insect interactions. However, the enzymatic basis of acetophenone biosynthesis in plants remains unknown. Here we elucidate the complete biosynthetic pathway of picein (4-hydroxyacetophenone glucoside) from 4-coumaroyl-CoA using pear...
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