Grouping and characterization of putative glycosyltransferase genes from Panax ginseng Meyer

Khorolragchaa, Altanzul and Kim, Yu-Jin and Rahimi, Shadi and Sukweenadhi, Johan and Jang, Moon-Gi and Yang, Deok-Chun (2014) Grouping and characterization of putative glycosyltransferase genes from Panax ginseng Meyer. Gene, 536 (1). pp. 186-192. ISSN 0378-1119

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Abstract

Glycosyltransferases are members of the multigene family of plants that can transfer single or multiple activated sugars to a range of plant molecules, resulting in the glycosylation of plant compounds. Although the activities of many glycosyltransferases and their products have been recognized for a long time, only in recent years were some glycosyltransferase genes identified and few have been functionally characterized in detail. Korean ginseng (Panax ginseng Meyer), belonging to Araliaceae, has been well known as a popular mysterious medicinal herb in East Asia for over 2000 years. A total of 704 glycosyltransferase unique sequences have been found from a ginseng expressed sequence tag (EST) library, and these sequences encode enzymes responsible for the secondary metabolite biosynthesis. Finally, twelve UDP glycosyltransferases (UGTs) were selected as the candidates most likely to be involved in triterpenoid synthesis. In this study, we classified the candidate P. ginseng UGTs (PgUGTs) into proper families and groups, which resulted in eight UGT families and six UGT groups. We also investigated those gene candidates encoding for glycosyltransferases by analysis of gene expression in methyl jasmonate (MeJA)-treated ginseng adventitious roots and different tissues from four-year-old ginseng using quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). For organ-specific expression, most of PgUGT transcription levels were higher in leaves and roots compared with flower buds and stems. The transcription of PgUGTs in adventitious roots treated with MeJA increased as compared with the control. PgUGT1 and PgUGT2, which belong to the UGT71 family genes expressed in MeJA-treated adventitious roots, were especially sensitive, showing 33.32 and 38.88-fold expression increases upon 24 h post-treatments, respectively.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	UDP-glycosyltransferase Panax ginseng EST Methyl jasmonate
Subjects:	S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Technobiology > Department of Biology
Depositing User:	JOHAN SUKWEENADHI
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2017 05:07
Last Modified:	22 Nov 2017 05:59
URI:	http://repository.ubaya.ac.id/id/eprint/31175

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