Journal
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
Volume 67, Issue 8, Pages 2285-2297Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erw053
Keywords
Astringent taste compounds; biosynthesis; Camellia sinensis; flavonol 3-O-glycosides; galloylated catechins; UDP-glycosyltransferase
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- Natural Science Foundation of China [31470689, 31270730, 31300577, 31200229, 31570694]
- Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education [20133418130001]
- Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province, China [1408085QC51]
- Special Foundation for Independent Innovation of Anhui Province, China [13Z03012]
- Biology Key Subject Construction of Anhui and 'Hundred Talents Program' of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [39391503-7]
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The identification of three UDP-glycosyltransferases involved in the biosynthesis of galloylated catechins and glycosylated flavonols which are astringent taste compounds in tea.Galloylated catechins and flavonol 3-O-glycosides are characteristic astringent taste compounds in tea (Camellia sinensis). The mechanism involved in the formation of these metabolites remains unknown in tea plants. In this paper, 178 UGT genes (CsUGTs) were identified in C. sinensis based on an analysis of tea transcriptome data. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that 132 of these genes were clustered into 15 previously established phylogenetic groups (A to M, O and P) and a newly identified group R. Three of the 11 recombinant UGT proteins tested were found to be involved in the in vitro biosynthesis of beta-glucogallin and glycosylated flavonols. CsUGT84A22 exhibited catalytic activity toward phenolic acids, in particular gallic acid, to produce beta-glucogallin, which is the immediate precursor of galloylated catechin biosynthesis in tea plants. CsUGT78A14 and CsUGT78A15 were found to be responsible for the biosynthesis of flavonol 3-O-glucosides and flavonol 3-O-galactosides, respectively. Site-directed mutagenesis of the Q373H substitution for CsUGT78A14 indicated that the Q (Gln) residue played a catalytically crucial role for flavonoid 3-O-glucosyltransferase activity. The expression profiles of the CsUGT84A22, CsUGT78A14, and CsUGT78A15 genes were correlated with the accumulation patterns of beta-glucogallin and the glycosylated flavonols which indicated that these three CsUGT genes were involved in the biosynthesis of astringent compounds in C. sinensis.
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