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Catechol acetylglucose: A newly identified benzoxazinoid-regulated defensive metabolite in maize
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AbstractAn enormous diversity of specialized metabolites is produced in the plant kingdom, with each individual plant synthesizing thousands of these compounds. Previous research showed that benzoxazinoids, the most abundant class of specialized metabolites in maize, also function as signaling molecules by regulating the production callose as a defense response. In this study, we identified catechol acetylglucose (CAG) as a benzoxazinoid-regulated metabolite that is produced from salicylic acid via catechol and catechol-glucoside. Genome wide association studies of CAG abundance identified a gene encoding a predicted acetyltransferase. Knockout of this gene resulted in maize plants that lack CAG and over-accumulate catechol glucoside. Upon tissue disruption, maize plants accumulate catechol, which inhibitsSpodoptera frugiperda(fall armyworm) growth. Analysis of caterpillar frass showed thatS. frugiperdadetoxifies catechol by glycosylation, and the efficiency of catechol glycosylation was correlated withS. frugiperdagrowth on a catechol-containing diet. Thus, the success ofS. frugiperdaas an agricultural pest may depend partly on its ability to detoxify catechol, which is produced as a defensive metabolite by maize plants.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Title: Catechol acetylglucose: A newly identified benzoxazinoid-regulated defensive metabolite in maize
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AbstractAn enormous diversity of specialized metabolites is produced in the plant kingdom, with each individual plant synthesizing thousands of these compounds.
Previous research showed that benzoxazinoids, the most abundant class of specialized metabolites in maize, also function as signaling molecules by regulating the production callose as a defense response.
In this study, we identified catechol acetylglucose (CAG) as a benzoxazinoid-regulated metabolite that is produced from salicylic acid via catechol and catechol-glucoside.
Genome wide association studies of CAG abundance identified a gene encoding a predicted acetyltransferase.
Knockout of this gene resulted in maize plants that lack CAG and over-accumulate catechol glucoside.
Upon tissue disruption, maize plants accumulate catechol, which inhibitsSpodoptera frugiperda(fall armyworm) growth.
Analysis of caterpillar frass showed thatS.
frugiperdadetoxifies catechol by glycosylation, and the efficiency of catechol glycosylation was correlated withS.
frugiperdagrowth on a catechol-containing diet.
Thus, the success ofS.
frugiperdaas an agricultural pest may depend partly on its ability to detoxify catechol, which is produced as a defensive metabolite by maize plants.
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