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Characterization of glucosyltransferase and glucuronosyltransferase family members reveals how major flavone glycoside accumulate in the root of Scutellaria baicalensis

Pei, T.; Li, T.; Li, X.; Yin, Y.; Cui, M.; Fang, Y.; Liu, J.; Kong, Y.; Xu, P.; Zhao, Q.

2021-07-24 plant biology
10.1101/2021.07.24.453627 bioRxiv
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Flavonoid glycosides extracted from roots of Scutellaria baicalensis exhibit strong pharmaceutical effect in antitumor, antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, and antiviral activity. UDP glycosyltransferase family members are responsible for the transfer of a glycosyl moiety from UDP sugars to a wide range of acceptor flavonoids. Here, we report the phylogenetic analysis, tissue-specific expression and biochemical characterization of 10 glucosyltrasferases (SbUGTs) and 6 glucuronosyltransferases (SbUGATs) based on the recently released genome of S. baicalensis. These results reveal that the high expression level and affinity to substrate of SbUGAT4 make baicalin become the richest flavonoid glycoside in the root of S. baicalensis.

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