Spatial organization of the glucosinolate-myrosinase system in brassica specialist aphids is similar to that of the host plant

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Bridges, M., Jones, A. M. E., Bones, A. M., Hodgson, C. J., Cole, R., Bartlet, E., Wallsgrove, R. M., Karapapa, V. K., Watts, N. and Rossiter, J. T. 2002. Spatial organization of the glucosinolate-myrosinase system in brassica specialist aphids is similar to that of the host plant. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences. 269 (1487), pp. 187-191. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2001.1861

AuthorsBridges, M., Jones, A. M. E., Bones, A. M., Hodgson, C. J., Cole, R., Bartlet, E., Wallsgrove, R. M., Karapapa, V. K., Watts, N. and Rossiter, J. T.
Abstract

Secondary metabolites are important in plant defence against pests and diseases. Similarly, insects can use plant secondary metabolites in defence and, in some cases, synthesize their own products. The paper describes how two specialist brassica feeders, Brevicoryne brassicae (cabbage aphid) and Lipaphis erysimi (turnip aphid) can sequester glucosinolates (thioglucosides) from their host plants, yet avoid the generation of toxic degradation products by compartmentalizing myrosinase (thioglucosidase) into crystalline microbodies. We propose that death, or damage, to the insect by predators or disease causes disruption of compartmentalized myrosinase, which results in the release of isothiocyanate that acts as a synergist for the alarm pheromone E-beta-farnesene. 

Year of Publication2002
JournalProceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences
Journal citation269 (1487), pp. 187-191
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2001.1861
PubMed ID11798435
PubMed Central IDPMC1690872
Open accessPublished as non-open access
FunderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Funder project or code436
509
Project: 4308
PublisherRoyal Society Publishing

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