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Prenyltransferases catalyzing geranyldiphosphate formation in tomato fruit
Year:
2020
Source of publication :
Plant Science
Authors :
Bar, Einat
;
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Davidovich-Rikanati, Rachel
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Lewinsohn, Efraim
;
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Schaffer, Arthur
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Volume :
296
Co-Authors:

Hivert, G. - A Department of Vegetable Crops, Newe Ya'ar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, P.O. Box 1021, Ramat Yishay, 30095, Israel; b Department of Vegetable Crops, The Robert Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 76100001, Israel. 
Sitrit, Y. - French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, 84105, Israel.
Dudareva, N. - Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1165, United States.

 

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Monoterpenes contribute either favorably or adversely to the flavor of tomato, yet modern tomato varieties generally lack monoterpenes in their fruit. The main immediate biosynthetic precursor of monoterpenes is geranyldiphosphate (GPP), produced by the action of GPP synthases (GPPSs). Plant GPPSs are often heteromeric enzymes consisting of a non-catalytic small subunit (GPPS.SSU) and a large subunit (GPPS.LSU), the latter similar to geranylgeranyldiphosphate synthases (GGPPSs) which generate longer prenylphosphate chains. We show here that LeGGPPS2, an enzyme previously reported to support carotenoid biosynthesis, can synthesize farnesyldiphosphate (FPP) and GPP in vitro, in addition to geranylgeranyldiphosphate, depending on the assay conditions. Moreover, GPP formation is favored in vitro by the interaction of LeGGPPS2 with GPPS.SSU from either Anthirrhinum majus (AmGPPS.SSU) or from a newly discovered GPPS.SSU ortholog present in the genome of M82 tomato. SlGPPS.SSU is not expressed in M82 tomato fruit but its orthologs are expressed in fruit of wild tomato relatives, such as Solanum pimpinelifollium and S. cheesmaniae that accumulate monoterpenes.

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DOI :
10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110504
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Hivert, G. - A Department of Vegetable Crops, Newe Ya'ar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, P.O. Box 1021, Ramat Yishay, 30095, Israel; b Department of Vegetable Crops, The Robert Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 76100001, Israel. 
Sitrit, Y. - French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, 84105, Israel.
Dudareva, N. - Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1165, United States.

 

Prenyltransferases catalyzing geranyldiphosphate formation in tomato fruit

Monoterpenes contribute either favorably or adversely to the flavor of tomato, yet modern tomato varieties generally lack monoterpenes in their fruit. The main immediate biosynthetic precursor of monoterpenes is geranyldiphosphate (GPP), produced by the action of GPP synthases (GPPSs). Plant GPPSs are often heteromeric enzymes consisting of a non-catalytic small subunit (GPPS.SSU) and a large subunit (GPPS.LSU), the latter similar to geranylgeranyldiphosphate synthases (GGPPSs) which generate longer prenylphosphate chains. We show here that LeGGPPS2, an enzyme previously reported to support carotenoid biosynthesis, can synthesize farnesyldiphosphate (FPP) and GPP in vitro, in addition to geranylgeranyldiphosphate, depending on the assay conditions. Moreover, GPP formation is favored in vitro by the interaction of LeGGPPS2 with GPPS.SSU from either Anthirrhinum majus (AmGPPS.SSU) or from a newly discovered GPPS.SSU ortholog present in the genome of M82 tomato. SlGPPS.SSU is not expressed in M82 tomato fruit but its orthologs are expressed in fruit of wild tomato relatives, such as Solanum pimpinelifollium and S. cheesmaniae that accumulate monoterpenes.

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