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ArticleScientific reports2021

Cloning and expression analysis of mevalonate kinase and phosphomevalonate kinase genes associated with the MVA pathway in Santalum album.

Meiyun Niu, Yuping Xiong, Haifeng Yan, Xinhua Zhang, Yuan Li, Jaime A Teixeira da Silva, Guohua Ma

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Meiyun NiuGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China.
Yuping XiongGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China.
Haifeng YanGuangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, 30007, China.
Xinhua ZhangGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China.
Yuan LiGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China.
Jaime A Teixeira da Silva, P.O. Box 7, Miki-cho, Ikenobe 3011-2, Kagawa-ken, 761-0799, Japan.
Guohua MaGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China. magh@scib.ac.cn.
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNSouth China Botanical Garden · CNGuangxi Academy of Agricultural Science · CNIkenobo Junior College · JP

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Abstract

Sandalwood (Santalum album L.) is highly valued for its fragrant heartwood and extracted oil. Santalols, which are the main components of that oil, are terpenoids, and these are biosynthesized via the mevalonic acid (MVA) pathway. Mevalonate kinase (MK) and phosphomevalonate kinase (PMK) are key enzymes in the MVA pathway. Little is known about the genes that encode MK and PMK in S. album or the mechanism that regulates their expression. To isolate and identify the functional genes involved in santalol biosynthesis in S. album, an MK gene designated as SaMK, and a PMK gene designated as SaPMK, were cloned from S. album. The sequences of these genes were analyzed. A bioinformatics analysis was conducted to assess the homology of SaMK and SaPMK with MK and PMK genes from other plants. The subcellular localization of SaMK and SaPMK proteins was also investigated, as was the functional complementation of SaMK and SaPMK in yeast. Our results show that the full-length cDNA sequences of SaMK and SaPMK were 1409 bp and 1679 bp long, respectively. SaMK contained a 1381 bp open reading frame (ORF) encoding a polypeptide of 460 amino acids and SaPMK contained a 1527 bp ORF encoding a polypeptide of 508 amino acids. SaMK and SaPMK showed high homology with MK and PMK genes of other plant species. Functional complementation of SaMK in a MK-deficient mutant yeast strain YMR208W and SaPMK in a PMK-deficient mutant yeast strain YMR220W confirmed that cloned SaMK and SaPMK cDNA encode a functional MK and PMK, respectively, mediating MVA biosynthesis in yeast. An analysis of tissue expression patterns revealed that SaMK and SaPMK were constitutively expressed in all the tested tissues. SaMK was highly expressed in young leaves but weakly expressed in sapwood. SaPMK was highly expressed in roots and mature leaves, but weakly expressed in young leaves. Induction experiments with several elicitors showed that SaMK and SaPMK expression was upregulated by methyl jasmonate. These results will help to further study the role of MK and PMK genes during santalol biosynthesis in S. album.

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Gene Expression Regulation, PlantGenes, PlantAcetatesAmino Acid SequenceCloning, MolecularComputational BiologyCyclopentanesDNA, ComplementaryEvolution, MolecularGene Expression ProfilingOrgan SpecificityOxylipinsPhosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)Phosphotransferases (Phosphate Group Acceptor)PhylogenyPlant LeavesAcetatesCyclopentanesDNA, Complementarymethyl jasmonatemevalonate kinaseOxylipinsphosphomevalonate kinasePhosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)Phosphotransferases (Phosphate Group Acceptor)Plant ProteinsRNA, Messenger

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