Tandem Gene Duplication of Dioxygenases Drives the Structural Diversity of Steroidal Glycoalkaloids in the Tomato Clade

Akiyama, R; Watanabe, B; Kato, J; Nakayasu, M; Lee, HJ; Umemoto, N; Muranaka, T; Saito, K; Sugimoto, Y; Mizutani, M

Mizutani, M (通讯作者),Kobe Univ, Grad Sch Agr Sci, Nada Ku, Rokkodai 1-1, Kobe, Hyogo 6578501, Japan.

PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY, 2022; 63 (7): 981

Abstract

Cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) contains alpha-tomatine, a steroidal glycoalkaloid (SGA), which functions as a defense compound to protect ag......

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