Tropane alkaloids(TAs),which are anticholinergic agents,are an essential class of natural compounds,and there is a growing demand for TAs with anesthetic,analgesic,and spasmolytic effects.Anisodus acutan-gulus(Solanac...Tropane alkaloids(TAs),which are anticholinergic agents,are an essential class of natural compounds,and there is a growing demand for TAs with anesthetic,analgesic,and spasmolytic effects.Anisodus acutan-gulus(Solanaceae)is a TA-producing plant that was used as an anesthetic in ancient China.In this study,we assembled a high-quality,chromosome-scale genome of A.acutangulus with a contig N50 of 7.4 Mb.A recent whole-genome duplication occurred in A.acutangulus after its divergence from other Solanaceae species,which resulted in the duplication of ADC1 and UGT genes involved in TA biosynthesis.The catalytic activities of H6H enzymes were determined for three Solanaceae plants.On the basis of evolution and co-expressed genes,AaWRKY11 was selected for further analyses,which revealed that its encoded tran-scription factor promotes TA biosynthesis by activating AaH6H1 expression.Thesefindings provide useful insights into genome evolution related to TA biosynthesis and have potential implications for genetic manipulation of TA-producing plants.展开更多
基金supported by the National"Ten-Thousand Talents Program"for Leading Talents of Science and Technology Innovation in China,the National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFC1706203)the National Young Qihuang Scholars Training Program,the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82003888,82073963,81522049,82003889)+3 种基金a Key Scientific and Technological Grant of Zhejiang for Breeding New Agricultural Varieties (2021C02074-3)the"Sannongjiufang"Research Joint Project of Zhejiang Province (2023SNJF029)the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (LY20H280008)Research Projects of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (2021JKZKTS011A,2021JKZDZC06,2020010,and YB20023).
文摘Tropane alkaloids(TAs),which are anticholinergic agents,are an essential class of natural compounds,and there is a growing demand for TAs with anesthetic,analgesic,and spasmolytic effects.Anisodus acutan-gulus(Solanaceae)is a TA-producing plant that was used as an anesthetic in ancient China.In this study,we assembled a high-quality,chromosome-scale genome of A.acutangulus with a contig N50 of 7.4 Mb.A recent whole-genome duplication occurred in A.acutangulus after its divergence from other Solanaceae species,which resulted in the duplication of ADC1 and UGT genes involved in TA biosynthesis.The catalytic activities of H6H enzymes were determined for three Solanaceae plants.On the basis of evolution and co-expressed genes,AaWRKY11 was selected for further analyses,which revealed that its encoded tran-scription factor promotes TA biosynthesis by activating AaH6H1 expression.Thesefindings provide useful insights into genome evolution related to TA biosynthesis and have potential implications for genetic manipulation of TA-producing plants.