Tandem gene duplications drive divergent evolution of caffeine and crocin biosynthetic pathways in plants

Tandem gene duplications drive divergent evolution of caffeine and crocin biosynthetic pathways in plants

Abstract Background Plants have evolved a panoply of specialized metabolites that increase their environmental fitness. Two examples are caffeine, a purine psychotropic alkaloid, and crocins, a group of glycosylated apocarotenoid pigments. Both classes of compounds are found in a handful of distantl...

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Main Authors: Zhichao Xu, Xiangdong Pu, Ranran Gao, Olivia Costantina Demurtas, Steven J. Fleck, Michaela Richter, Chunnian He, Aijia Ji, Wei Sun, Jianqiang Kong, Kaizhi Hu, Fengming Ren, Jiejie Song, Zhe Wang, Ting Gao, Chao Xiong, Haoying Yu, Tianyi Xin, Victor A. Albert, Giovanni Giuliano, Shilin Chen, Jingyuan Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:BMC Biology
Subjects:
Crocin biosynthesis
Caffeine biosynthesis
Gardenia jasminoides
Coffea canephora
Genomics
Carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-020-00795-3

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