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ArticlePlant physiology2022

Deregulation of phenylalanine biosynthesis evolved with the emergence of vascular plants.

Jorge El-Azaz, Francisco M Cánovas, Belén Barcelona, Concepción Ávila, Fernando de la Torre

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Article in Plant physiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jorge El-AzazDepartamento de Biología Molecular y Bioquímica, Universidad de Málaga. Edificio I+D, Málaga 29071, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7452-1018
Francisco M CánovasDepartamento de Biología Molecular y Bioquímica, Universidad de Málaga. Edificio I+D, Málaga 29071, Spain.
Belén BarcelonaDepartamento de Genómica y Proteómica, Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia, CSIC, Unidad de Enzimopatología Estructural, Valencia 46010, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9818-2329
Concepción ÁvilaDepartamento de Biología Molecular y Bioquímica, Universidad de Málaga. Edificio I+D, Málaga 29071, Spain.
Fernando de la TorreDepartamento de Biología Molecular y Bioquímica, Universidad de Málaga. Edificio I+D, Málaga 29071, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5143-3709
Universidad de Málaga · ESInstituto de Biomedicina de Valencia · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phenylalanine (Phe) is the precursor of essential secondary products in plants. Here we show that a key, rate-limiting step in Phe biosynthesis, which is catalyzed by arogenate dehydratase, experienced feedback de-regulation during evolution. Enzymes from microorganisms and type-I ADTs from plants are strongly feedback-inhibited by Phe, while type-II isoforms remain active at high levels of Phe. We have found that type-II ADTs are widespread across seed plants and their overproduction resulted in a dramatic accumulation of Phe in planta, reaching levels up to 40 times higher than those observed following the expression of type-I enzymes. Punctual changes in the allosteric binding site of Phe and adjacent region are responsible for the observed relaxed regulation. The phylogeny of plant ADTs evidences that the emergence of type-II isoforms with relaxed regulation occurred at some point in the transition between nonvascular plants and tracheophytes, enabling the massive production of Phe-derived compounds, primarily lignin, a hallmark of vascular plants.

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Evolution, MolecularArabidopsisCrops, AgriculturalCucumis sativusGene Expression Regulation, PlantGenes, PlantHydro-LyasesNicotianaOryzaPhaseolusPhenylalaninePhylogenyPlantsZea maysHydro-LyasesPhenylalaninepretyrosine dehydratase

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PMID34633048
PMCPMC8774845
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