Title: | Attractive but Toxic: Emerging Roles of Glycosidically Bound Volatiles and Glycosyltransferases Involved in Their Formation |
Author(s): | Song C; Hartl K; McGraphery K; Hoffmann T; Schwab W; |
Address: | "State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, West Changjiang Road, Hefei, Anhui 230036, China. Biotechnology of Natural Products, Technische Universitat Munchen, Liesel-Beckmann-Str. 1, Freising 85354, Germany. State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, West Changjiang Road, Hefei, Anhui 230036, China; Biotechnology of Natural Products, Technische Universitat Munchen, Liesel-Beckmann-Str. 1, Freising 85354, Germany. Electronic address: wilfried.schwab@tum.de" |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.molp.2018.09.001 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1752-9867 (Electronic) 1674-2052 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Plants emit an overabundance of volatile compounds, which act in their producers either as appreciated attractants to lure beneficial animals or as repellent toxins to deter pests in a species-specific and concentration-dependent manner. Plants have evolved solutions to provide sufficient volatiles without poisoning themselves. Uridine-diphosphate sugar-dependent glycosyltransferases (UGTs) acting on volatiles is one important part of this sophisticated system, which balances the levels of bioactive metabolites and prepares them for cellular and long-distance transport and storage but enables the remobilization of disarmed toxins for the benefit of plant protection. This review provides an overview of the research history of glycosidically bound volatiles (GBVs), a relatively new group of plant secondary metabolites, and discusses the role of UGTs in the production of GBVs for plant protection" |
Keywords: | "Glycosides/*metabolism Glycosyltransferases/*metabolism Oils, Volatile/metabolism Plant Oils/metabolism Plants/enzymology/*metabolism Volatile Organic Compounds/*metabolism glycosyltransferases plant protection storage terpenoids transport volatiles;" |
Notes: | "MedlineSong, Chuankui Hartl, Katja McGraphery, Kate Hoffmann, Thomas Schwab, Wilfried eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review England 2018/09/18 Mol Plant. 2018 Oct 8; 11(10):1225-1236. doi: 10.1016/j.molp.2018.09.001. Epub 2018 Sep 14" |