期刊
MOLECULAR PLANT
卷 8, 期 1, 页码 153-162出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2014.11.007
关键词
volatiles; Solanum lycopersicum; evolution; SlAAT1; SpAAT1
资金
- National Science Foundation [IOS-0923312]
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems
- Direct For Biological Sciences [0923312] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Tomato fruits accumulate a diverse set of volatiles including multiple esters. The content of ester volatiles is relatively low in tomato fruits (Solanum lycopersicum) and far more abundant in the closely related species Solanum pennellii. There are also qualitative variations in ester content between the two species. We have previously shown that high expression of a non-specific esterase is critical for the low overall ester content of S. lycopersicum fruit relative to S. pennellii fruit. Here, we show that qualitative differences in ester composition are the consequence of divergence in enzymatic activity of a ripening-related alcohol acyltransferase (AAT1). The S. pennellii AAT1 is more efficient than the tomato AAT1 for all the alcohols tested. The two enzymes have differences in their substrate preferences that explain the variations observed in the volatiles. The results illustrate how two related species have evolved to precisely adjust their volatile content by modulating the balance of the synthesis and degradation of esters.
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