基因复制
生物
比较基因组学
基因组学
假基因
五加科
新功能化
遗传学
人参
基因组
医学
基因
病理
替代医学
作者
Zijiang Yang,Xiaobo Li,Ling Yang,Sufang Peng,Wanling Song,Yuan Lin,Guisheng Xiang,Ying Li,Shuang Ye,Chunhua Ma,Jianhua Miao,Guanghui Zhang,Wei Chen,Shengchao Yang,Yang Dong
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.xplc.2023.100591
摘要
Gene duplication is assumed to be the major force driving the evolution of metabolite biosynthesis in plants. Freed from functional burdens, duplicated genes can mutate toward novelties until fixed due to selective fitness. However, the extent to which this mechanism has driven the diversification of metabolite biosynthesis remains to be tested. Here we performed comparative genomics analysis and functional characterization to evaluate the impact of gene duplication on the evolution of triterpenoid biosynthesis using Panax species as models. We found that whole-genome duplications (WGDs) occurred independently in Araliaceae and Apiaceae lineages. Comparative genomics revealed the evolutionary trajectories of triterpenoid biosynthesis in plants, which was mainly promoted by WGDs and tandem duplication. Lanosterol synthase (LAS) was likely derived from a tandem duplicate of cycloartenol synthase that predated the emergence of Nymphaeales. Under episodic diversifying selection, the LAS gene duplicates produced by γ whole-genome triplication have given rise to triterpene biosynthesis in core eudicots through neofunctionalization. Moreover, functional characterization revealed that oxidosqualene cyclases (OSCs) responsible for synthesizing dammarane-type triterpenes in Panax species were also capable of producing ocotillol-type triterpenes. Genomic and biochemical evidence suggested that Panax genes encoding the above OSCs originated from the specialization of one OSC gene duplicate produced from a recent WGD shared by Araliaceae (Pg-β). Our results reveal the crucial role of gene duplication in diversification of triterpenoid biosynthesis in plants and provide insight into the origin of ocotillol-type triterpenes in Panax species.
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