Discovery of isoflavone phytoalexins in wheat reveals an alternative route to isoflavonoid biosynthesis

Abstract Isoflavones are a group of phenolic compounds mostly restricted to plants of the legume family, where they mediate important interactions with plant-associated microbes, including in defense from pathogens and in nodulation. Their well-studied health promoting attributes have made them a pr...

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Main Authors: Guy Polturak, Rajesh Chandra Misra, Amr El-Demerdash, Charlotte Owen, Andrew Steed, Hannah P. McDonald, JiaoJiao Wang, Gerhard Saalbach, Carlo Martins, Laetitia Chartrain, Barrie Wilkinson, Paul Nicholson, Anne Osbourn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42464-3