dc.contributor.author |
Hammerbacher, Almuth
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dc.contributor.author |
Kandasamy, Dineshkumar
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dc.contributor.author |
Ullah, Chhana
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dc.contributor.author |
Schmidt, Axel
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dc.contributor.author |
Wright, Louwrance P.
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dc.contributor.author |
Gershenzon, Jonathan
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dc.date.accessioned |
2019-09-04T10:13:55Z |
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dc.date.available |
2019-09-04T10:13:55Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2019-02-25 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Conifer forests worldwide are becoming increasingly vulnerable to attacks by
bark beetles and their fungal associates due to the effects of global warming.
Attack by the bark beetle Ips typographus and the blue-stain fungus it vectors
(Endoconidiophora polonica) on Norway spruce (Picea abies) is well known to induce
increased production of terpene oleoresin and polyphenolic compounds. However,
it is not clear whether specific compounds are important in resisting attack. In this
study, we observed a significant increase in dihydroflavonol and flavan-3-ol content
after inoculating Norway spruce with the bark beetle vectored fungus. A bioassay
revealed that the dihydroflavonol taxifolin and the flavan-3-ol catechin negatively
affected both I. typographus and E. polonica. The biosynthesis of flavan-3-ols is
well studied in Norway spruce, but little is known about dihydroflavonol formation
in this species. A flavanone-3-hydroxylase (F3H) was identified that catalyzed the
conversion of eriodictyol to taxifolin and was highly expressed after E. polonica infection.
Down-regulating F3H gene expression by RNA interference in transgenic Norway spruce
resulted in significantly lower levels of both dihydroflavonols and flavan-3-ols. Therefore
F3H plays a key role in the biosynthesis of defense compounds in Norway spruce that
act against the bark beetle-fungus complex. This enzyme forms a defensive product,
taxifolin, which is also a metabolic precursor of another defensive product, catechin,
which in turn synergizes the toxicity of taxifolin to the bark beetle associated fungus. |
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dc.description.department |
Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) |
en_ZA |
dc.description.department |
Zoology and Entomology |
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dc.description.librarian |
am2019 |
en_ZA |
dc.description.sponsorship |
The Max Planck Institute for Chemical
Ecology and the University of Pretoria RDP program. |
en_ZA |
dc.description.uri |
http://www.frontiersin.org/Plant_Science |
en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation |
Hammerbacher A, Kandasamy D,
Ullah C, Schmidt A, Wright LP and
Gershenzon J (2019)
Flavanone-3-Hydroxylase Plays an
Important Role in the Biosynthesis
of Spruce Phenolic Defenses Against
Bark Beetles and Their Fungal
Associates. Frontiers in Plant Science 10:208.
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00208. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1664-462X (online) |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.3389/fpls.2019.00208 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/71268 |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
en_ZA |
dc.publisher |
Frontiers Media |
en_ZA |
dc.rights |
© 2019 Hammerbacher, Kandasamy, Ullah, Schmidt, Wright and
Gershenzon. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative
Commons Attribution License (CC BY). |
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dc.subject |
Taxifolin |
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dc.subject |
Catechin |
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dc.subject |
Flavonoids |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
Picea abies |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
Endoconidiophora polonica |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
Flavanone-3-hydroxylase (F3H) |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
Bark beetle (Ips typographus) |
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dc.title |
Flavanone-3-hydroxylase plays an important role in the biosynthesis of spruce phenolic defenses against bark beetles and their fungal associates |
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dc.type |
Article |
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