Accumulation of Rutin and Betulinic Acid and Expression of Phenylpropanoid and Triterpenoid Biosynthetic Genes in Mulberry (Morus alba L.)

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• 作者：Shicheng Zhao ; Chang Ha Park ; Xiaohua Li ; Yeon Bok Kim ; Jingli Yang ; Gyoo Byung Sung ; Nam Il Park ; Soonok Kim ; Sang Un Park
• 刊名：Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：September 30, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：63
• 期：38
• 页码：8622-8630
• 全文大小：474K
• ISSN：1520-5118

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Mulberry (Morus alba L.) is used in traditional Chinese medicine and is the sole food source of the silkworm. Here, 21 cDNAs encoding phenylpropanoid biosynthetic genes and 21 cDNAs encoding triterpene biosynthetic genes were isolated from mulberry. The expression levels of genes involved in these biosynthetic pathways and the accumulation of rutin, betulin, and betulinic acid, important secondary metabolites, were investigated in different plant organs. Most phenylpropanoid and triterpene biosynthetic genes were highly expressed in leaves and/or fruit, and most genes were downregulated during fruit ripening. The accumulation of rutin was more than fivefold higher in leaves than in other organs, and higher levels of betulin and betulinic acid were found in roots and leaves than in fruit. By comparing the contents of these compounds with gene expression levels, we speculate that MaUGT78D1 and MaLUS play important regulatory roles in the rutin and betulin biosynthetic pathways.