| Title: | "Volatile terpenoids: multiple functions, biosynthesis, modulation and manipulation by genetic engineering" |
| Author(s): | Abbas F; Ke Y; Yu R; Yue Y; Amanullah S; Jahangir MM; Fan Y; |
| Address: | "The Research Center for Ornamental Plants, College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China. College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China. rcyu@scau.edu.cn. College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China. Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. The Research Center for Ornamental Plants, College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China. fanyanping@scau.edu.cn. Guangdong Key Laboratory for Innovative Development and Utilization of Forest Plant Germplasm, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China. fanyanping@scau.edu.cn" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00425-017-2749-x |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1432-2048 (Electronic) 0032-0935 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Terpenoids play several physiological and ecological functions in plant life through direct and indirect plant defenses and also in human society because of their enormous applications in the pharmaceutical, food and cosmetics industries. Through the aid of genetic engineering its role can by magnified to broad spectrum by improving genetic ability of crop plants, enhancing the aroma quality of fruits and flowers and the production of pharmaceutical terpenoids contents in medicinal plants. Terpenoids are structurally diverse and the most abundant plant secondary metabolites, playing an important role in plant life through direct and indirect plant defenses, by attracting pollinators and through different interactions between the plants and their environment. Terpenoids are also significant because of their enormous applications in the pharmaceutical, food and cosmetics industries. Due to their broad distribution and functional versatility, efforts are being made to decode the biosynthetic pathways and comprehend the regulatory mechanisms of terpenoids. This review summarizes the recent advances in biosynthetic pathways, including the spatiotemporal, transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulatory mechanisms. Moreover, we discuss the multiple functions of the terpene synthase genes (TPS), their interaction with the surrounding environment and the use of genetic engineering for terpenoid production in model plants. Here, we also provide an overview of the significance of terpenoid metabolic engineering in crop protection, plant reproduction and plant metabolic engineering approaches for pharmaceutical terpenoids production and future scenarios in agriculture, which call for sustainable production platforms by improving different plant traits" |
| Keywords: | Alkyl and Aryl Transferases/genetics/*metabolism Biosynthetic Pathways *Genetic Engineering Metabolic Engineering Plant Proteins/genetics/metabolism Plants/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism Terpenes/*metabolism Volatile Organic Compounds/metabolism Biosynthe; |
| Notes: | "MedlineAbbas, Farhat Ke, Yanguo Yu, Rangcai Yue, Yuechong Amanullah, Sikandar Jahangir, Muhammad Muzammil Fan, Yanping eng 31370694/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ 30972026/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ 20134404110016/Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China/ 156100058/Specialized Major Project of the Production-Study-Research Collaborative Innovation of Guangzhou Science and Information Bureau/ Review Germany 2017/08/15 Planta. 2017 Nov; 246(5):803-816. doi: 10.1007/s00425-017-2749-x. Epub 2017 Aug 12" |
