Functional characterization of secologanin synthase-like homologous genes suggests their involvement in the biosynthesis of diverse metabolites in the secoiridoid biosynthetic pathway of Camptotheca acuminata Decne

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The assignment of functions based on homology has recently been challenged by the frequent discovery of functional divergence among homologous gene family members of enzymes involved in plant secondary metabolism. Secologanin synthase (SLS) is the key CYP450 enzyme that acts critically in the biosynthesis of Strychnos alkaloid scaffold. In this study, to fully elucidate the mechanism that underlies metabolic variation, the CYP450 paralogs that participate in oxidative transformation of the secoiridoid pathway were functionally characterized by combining multitiered strategies of metabolite profiling, phylogenetic analyses, biochemistry assays and reverse genetics techniques. Five CaSLSs-like homologous genes were mined and isolated from an integrative multi-omics database of Camptotheca acuminata. Protein sequences, structural comparisons, and phylogenetic analyses confirmed that CaSLS1-2 and CaSLS4-5 were grouped into the SLS clade, and only CaSLS3 clustered into the 7DLH clade. Five homologs, including two previously identified enzymatic genes, were thus designated as CaSLAS1, CaSLAS2, Ca7DLH, CaSLS4 and CaSLS5. Enzymatic assays of the recombinant proteins in yeast showed that CaSLAS1 and CaSLAS2 displayed multi-catalytic activities of SLS, secologanic acid synthase (SLAS) and secoxyloganin synthase (SXS). Additionally, the reactions of CaSLASs enzymes generated stereospecific isomers of secoiridoid products, and a new product of secoxyloganin was observed. CaSLS5, a third SLS enzyme isoform that catalyzes the formation of secologanin, was reported for the first time. However, CaSXS enzymatic activities in vitro had little physiological impact on the biosynthesis of camptothecin (CPT) in Camptotheca acuminata. The primary and secondary roles of CaSLSs-like genes in secoiridoid metabolism were confirmed by virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) in plant leaves. Efficient silencing and transcriptional downregulation of CaSLAS2, compared with the CaSLAS1 homologs, resulted in a greater reduction of the accumulation of CPT within silenced plants, and CaSLS5 had barely any effect on the contents of metabolites in planta. Thus, CaSLAS2, rather than CaSLAS1, appeared to function as a major participant in the biosynthesis of CPT, and there were redundant functions in the CaSLSs-like enzymes. Consistent with such roles, CaSLAS2 was ubiquitously expressed at very high levels in Camptotheca tissues, and CaSLAS2 was specifically expressed in young leaves. In contrast, CaSLS5 was poorly expressed in every tissue tested. Our findings demonstrate that homologs that belong to the CYP72 gene family are functionally diverse and exhibit divergence and thereby uncover an expanding group of enzymatic genes that determine the chemo-diversity of the iridoid pathway.

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E-Artikel

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2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:222

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International journal of biological macromolecules - 222(2022), Pt B vom: 01. Dez., Seite 2594-2602

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jin, Zhaoxia [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Qiyao [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Yangyang [VerfasserIn]
Xing, Ronglian [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yanyan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yue [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Xiaoxiao [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Fang [VerfasserIn]

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58822-47-2
Camptothecin
EC 1.14.19.62
Functional divergence
Homologous genes
Iridoid pathway
Journal Article
Micro-evolution of CYP450s
Secologanin synthase
Secoxyloganin
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Date Completed 11.11.2022

Date Revised 11.11.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.10.042

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NLM34772129X