Elucidation of phenylpropene biosynthetic pathway leading to aromatic compounds in plants and its application to metabolic engineering

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K18690
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Bioorganic chemistry
• Research Institution: Yamaguchi University
• Principal Investigator: Koeduka Takao 山口大学, 大学院創成科学研究科, 助教 (30565106)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 香気成分 / 二次代謝産物

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we performed a screening of plants producing high levels of aromatic volatile compounds, phenylpropenes, and isolation of methylene-dioxy bridge forming enzymes and prenyltransferase, which are responsible for the diversification of phenylpropene structures. As the results, we found that dill, chervil, parsley, basil, illicium, and wild ginger produce high amounts of phenylpropenes including myristicine, dillapiole, and dimethylally eugenol. In addition, we successfully isolated putative genes encoding methylene-dioxy bridge forming enzymes and prenyltransferase from dill and illicium.

Free Research Field

植物生化学