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番茄(Solanum lycopersicum)起源于南美洲的安第斯地区,被认为是最主要的蔬菜作物,为人类的膳食营养作出了巨大贡献[1-2]。食用番茄可以预防缓解贫血,治疗消化性溃疡以及高血压[3-4]。此外,番茄作为一种重要的双子叶模式植物,代表了包括马铃薯、胡椒和茄子在内所有茄科作物的生物研究和遗传改良的模型。番茄由醋栗番茄(Solanum pimpinellifolium, PIM)驯化为樱桃番茄(Slycopersicum var. cerasiforme, CER),进一步经过人工选择改良为现代大果番茄(Solanum lycopersicum, BIG)[5-6]。番茄及其野生近缘植物起源于南美洲的安第斯地区,16世纪后在全世界各地进行传播,随后的迁移和持续的育种选择减少了番茄的遗传多样性。
黄酮类化合物作为一类重要的植物代谢物,是以2-苯基色原酮为母核具有清除自由基、抗氧化、抗衰老、促进免疫调节、抗肿瘤及预防慢性疾病的作用。黄酮类化合物广泛分布于芹菜、甜椒、绿叶蔬菜、柑橘和苹果等水果蔬菜中[7-8]。木犀草素作为一种重要的黄酮类化合物,具有抗炎、抗肥胖和抗非酒精性脂肪肝等多种生物学功能[9-10]。研究发现,木犀草素中的酚羟基可以提供氢原子,与细胞产生的过量自由基发生反应形成醌类游离基中间体,并在酚环共轭作用下趋于稳定,阻断氧化链反应的传递,防止过氧化反应,避免ROS对细胞的损害[11-13]。Choi等[14]研究了木犀草素对2,2-二苯基-1-吡啶并肼基(DPPH)、一氧化氮(NO)、过氧亚硝酸盐(ONOO−)及活性氧(ROS)的清除能力,结果表明,木犀草素对ROS的清除能力优于异荭草苷、荭草苷等类似物。
糖基转移酶(glycosyltransferase,GT)在植物中广泛存在,可催化多种代谢物的糖基化反应生成寡糖、多糖和糖复合物。这些结构多样性的糖分子参与和介导从结构、存储到信号传递等生命活动。糖基转移酶依据氨基酸序列的相似程度、反应机制、保守序列以及糖苷键的立体化学性等总共被划分为 114 个家族[15]。人们已在许多植物中发现大量的糖基转移酶,如胡萝卜(Daucus carota var. sativa)的花青素3-O-半乳糖基转移酶1(Daucus carotacyanidin 3-O-galactosyltransferase 1,DcUCGalT1)、芹菜(Apium graveolens)的花青素3-O-半乳糖基转移酶1(Apium graveolens cyanidin 3-O-galactosyltransferase 1,AgUCGalT1)和中国金莲花(Trollius chinensis)的黄酮C-糖基转移酶(Trollius chinensis 8-C-glucosyltransferase,TcCGT1)等,这些物质经过糖基化修饰后可能表现出与骨架不同的生理活性[16-18]。然而到目前为止,番茄中修饰木犀草素的糖基转移酶鲜有报道,因此探究木犀草素糖苷在番茄中的自然变异与代谢机制,对后续解析木犀草素途径和品种选育具有重要意义。
Functional study and natural variation analysis of glycosyltransferase gene SlUGT75C1-like in tomato
doi: 10.15886/j.cnki.rdswxb.20230062
- Received Date: 2023-04-28
- Accepted Date: 2023-05-11
- Rev Recd Date: 2023-05-03
- Available Online: 2023-12-07
- Publish Date: 2024-03-25
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Key words:
- tomato /
- genome-wide association study /
- luteolin /
- transcriptome /
- metabolomics
Abstract: In order to analyze the natural variation related to luteolin glucoside content in tomato population, 426 tomato samples were used as materials to performed metabolome genome-wide association study (mGWAS) analysis, and found that there was a mutation site downstream of tomato SlUGT75C1-like gene which was closely related to the content of luteolin-7-O-glucoside. Furthermore, the nucleotide polymorphism of the whole genome was calculated in three subgroups of tomato population, and it was found that the region where SlUGT75C1-like was located was obviously different among different subgroups. Further analysis of the correlation between metabolomics and transcriptome data showed that the transcription level of SlUGT75C1-like was positively correlated with the relative content of luteolin-7-O-glucoside. Finally, the fusion protein of SlUGT75C1-like was obtained by prokaryotic expression of the protein, and the enzyme activity test in vitro showed that SlUGT75C1-like catalyzed the glycosylation of luteolin. The results indicated that the natural variation of SlUGT75C1-like gene causes the content difference of luteolin-7-O-glucoside in tomato population. mGWAS has a large advantage and great potential in identifying new plant metabolic gene clusters, and is important in providing the molecular basis for fine plant breeding.
Citation: | XIANG Lijun, LAI Jun, GUO Hao, YANG Jun, WANG Shouchuang. Functional study and natural variation analysis of glycosyltransferase gene SlUGT75C1-like in tomato[J]. Journal of Tropical Biology, 2024, 15(2): 210-216. doi: 10.15886/j.cnki.rdswxb.20230062 |