Biosynthesis of natural and novel C-glycosylflavones utilising recombinant Oryza sativa C-glycosyltransferase (OsCGT) and Desmodium incanum root proteins

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Hao, B., Caulfield, J. C., Hamilton, M. L., Pickett, J. A., Midega, C. A. O., Khan, Z. R., Wang, J. and Hooper, A. M. 2016. Biosynthesis of natural and novel C-glycosylflavones utilising recombinant Oryza sativa C-glycosyltransferase (OsCGT) and Desmodium incanum root proteins. Phytochemistry. 125 (May 2016), pp. 73-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2016.02.013

AuthorsHao, B., Caulfield, J. C., Hamilton, M. L., Pickett, J. A., Midega, C. A. O., Khan, Z. R., Wang, J. and Hooper, A. M.
Abstract

The rice C-glycosyltransferase (OsCGT) is one of only a small number of characterised plant C-glycosyltransferases (CGT) known. The enzyme C-glucosylates a 2-hydroxyflavanone substrate with UDP-glucose as the sugar donor to produce C-glucosyl-2-hydroxyflavanones. We tested substrate specificity of the enzyme, using synthetic 2-hydroxyflavanones, and showed it has the potential to generate known natural CGFs that have been isolated from rice and also other plants. In addition, we synthesised novel, unnatural 2-hydroxyflavanone substrates to test the B-ring chemical space of substrate accepted by the OsCGT and demonstrated the OsCGT capacity as a synthetic reagent to generate significant quantities of known and novel CGFs. Many B-ring analogues are tolerated within a confined steric limit. Finally the OsCGT was used to generate novel mono-C-glucosyl-2-hydroxyflavanones as putative biosynthetic intermediates to examine the potential of Desmodium incanum biosynthetic CGTs to produce novel di-C-glycosylflavones, compounds implicated in the allelopathic biological activity of Desmodium against parasitic weeds from the Striga genus.

KeywordsOryza sativa; Poaceae; C-Glycosyltransferase; OsCGT; 2-Hydroxyflavanone; C-Glucosylflavone; Di-C-glycosylflavone; Biotechnological synthesis; Substrate specificity; Chemical space
Year of Publication2016
JournalPhytochemistry
Journal citation125 (May 2016), pp. 73-87
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2016.02.013
Open accessPublished as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
FunderBill and Melinda Gates Foundation
European Union
Funder project or codeDelivering Sustainable Systems (SS) [ISPG]
Adapting Push Pull Technology for Climate Change
Integrated Striga Management for Africa
Project: 5447
Publisher's version
Copyright license
CC BY
Output statusPublished
Publication dates
Online26 Feb 2016
Publication process dates
Accepted19 Feb 2016
PublisherElsevier
ISSN0031-9422

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