Establishment of Biosynthetic Pathways To Generate Castasterone as the Biologically Active Brassinosteroid in Brachypodium distachyon
- Authors
- Roh, Jeehee; Moon, Jinyoung; Youn, Ji-Hyun; Seo, Chaiweon; Park, Yeon Ju; Kim, Seong-Ki
- Issue Date
- 1-Apr-2020
- Publisher
- AMER CHEMICAL SOC
- Keywords
- Brachypodium distachyon; brassinosteroids; brassinosteroids biosynthesis and catabolism; biosynthetic genes/proteins; cytochrome P450
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY, v.68, no.13, pp 3912 - 3923
- Pages
- 12
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
- Volume
- 68
- Number
- 13
- Start Page
- 3912
- End Page
- 3923
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/39677
- DOI
- 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b07963
- ISSN
- 0021-8561
1520-5118
- Abstract
- Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis revealed that castasterone and its biosynthetic precursors are found in Brachypodium distachyon. In vitro conversion experiments with crude enzyme solutions prepared from B. distachyon demonstrated the presence of the following biosynthetic sequences: campesterol -> campesta-4-en-3-one -> campesta-3one -> campestanol -> 6-deoxocathasterone -> 6-deoxoteasterone -> teasterone -> 3-dehydroteasterone -> typhasterol -> castasterone -> campesterol -> 22-hydroxycampesterol -> 22-hydroxy-campesta-4-en-3-one -> 22-hydroxy-campesta-3-one -> 6-deoxo-3-dehydroteasterone -> 3-dehydroteasterone -> 6-deoxoteasterone -> 6-deoxo-3-dehydroteasterone -> 6-deoxotyphasterol -> 6-deoxocastasterone -> castasterone. This shows that there are campestanol-dependent and campestanol-independent pathway in B. distachyon that synthesize 24-methylated brassinosteroids (BRs). Biochemical analysis of BRs biosynthetic enzymes confirmed that BdDET2, BdCYP90B1, BdCYP90A1, BdCYP90D2, and BdCYP85A1 are orthologous to BR 5a-reductase, BR C-22 hydroxylase, BR C-3 oxidase, BR C-23 hydroxylase, and BR C-6 oxidase, respectively. Brassinolide was not identified in B. distachyon. Additionally, B. distachyon crude enzyme solutions could not catalyze the conversion of castasterone to brassinolide, and the gene encoding an ortholog of CYP85A2 (a brassinolide synthase) was not found in B. distachyon. These results strongly suggest that the end product for brassinosteroid biosynthesis which controls the growth and development of B. distachyon is not brassinolide but rather castasterone.
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