Convergent evolution of the UbiA prenyltransferase family underlies the independent acquisition of furanocoumarins in plants

• Published in: The New phytologist Vol. 225; no. 5; pp. 2166 - 2182
• Main Authors: Munakata, Ryosuke, Kitajima, Sakihito, Nuttens, Andraéïna, Tatsumi, Kanade, Takemura, Tomoya, Ichino, Takuji, Galati, Gianni, Vautrin, Sonia, Bergès, Hélène, Grosjean, Jérémy, Bourgaud, Frédéric, Sugiyama, Akifumi, Hehn, Alain, Yazaki, Kazufumi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley 01.03.2020; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Adaptation; Apiaceae; Biosynthesis; Body organs; convergent evolution; Dimethylallyltranstransferase - genetics; Ficus - genetics; fig (Ficus carica); furanocoumarin; Furanocoumarins; Furocoumarins; Identification; Latex; Life Sciences; Metabolites; Moraceae; Nucleic acids; Organs; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; prenyltransferase; Ribonucleic acid; RNA; UbiA superfamily; Umbelliferone; Vegetal Biology; furanocoumarin; UbiA superfamily; fig (Ficus carica); convergent evolution; Moraceae; latex; prenyltransferase

• Furanocoumarins (FCs) are plant-specialized metabolites with potent allelochemical properties. The distribution of FCs is scattered with a chemotaxonomical tendency towards four distant families with highly similar FC pathways. The mechanism by which this pathway emerged and spread in plants has n...