Journal
PLANT CELL REPORTS
Volume 30, Issue 8, Pages 1443-1453Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-011-1053-7
Keywords
Over-expression; Rhodiola sachalinensis; Salidroside; Tyrosine decarboxylase (TyrDC); Tyrosol
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30872029, 30900112]
- Key Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality [5111001, 6071001, 6092007]
- Academic Human Resources Development in Institutions of Higher Learning Under the Jurisdiction of Beijing Municipality [PHR20090516, PHR201108279]
- Foundation of Beijing Municipal Education Committee [KM201110020001]
- Natural Science Foundation of Inner Mongolia [2010BS0502]
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Salidroside, the 8-O-beta-D-glucoside of tyrosol, is the main bioactive component of Rhodiola species and is found mainly in the plant roots. It is well known that glucosylation of tyrosol is the final step in the biosynthesis of salidroside; however, the biosynthetic pathway of tyrosol and its regulation are less well understood. A summary of the results of related studies revealed that the precursor of tyrosol might be tyramine, which is synthesized from tyrosine. In this study, a cDNA clone encoding tyrosine decarboxylase (TyrDC) was isolated from Rhodiola sachalinensis A. Bor using rapid amplification of cDNA ends. The resulting cDNA was designated RsTyrDC. RNA gelblot analysis revealed that the predominant sites of expression in plants are the roots and high levels of transcripts are also found in callus tissue culture. Functional analysis revealed that tyrosine was best substrate of recombinant RsTyrDC. The over-expression of the sense-RsTyrDC resulted in a marked increase of tyrosol and salidroside content, but the levels of tyrosol and salidroside were 274 and 412%, respectively, lower in the antisense-RsTyrDC transformed lines than those in the controls. The data presented here provide in vitro and in vivo evidence that the RsTyrDC can regulate the tyrosol and salidroside biosynthesis, and the RsTyrDC is most likely to have an important function in the initial reaction of the salidroside biosynthesis pathway in R. sachalinensis.
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