ArticleNature communications2024
Elucidation of Spartina dimethylsulfoniopropionate synthesis genes enables engineering of stress tolerant plants.
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- Identification of a functional DddX-like enzyme that catalyzes dimethylsulfoniopropionate cleavage in marine bacteria.Engineering microbiology · 2026Article
- The saltmarsh cordgrass Spartina anglica has novel genomic features that contribute to abiotic stress tolerance.Journal of experimental botany · 2026Article
- Beyond Aroma: Analytical Challenges, Metabolism and Biological Significance of Volatile Sulfur Compounds in Tomato Plants.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Molecular and physiological characterization of two sunflower near-isogenic lines with contrasting haplotypes for leaf senescence.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Osmotic signaling governs sunscreen biosynthesis to safeguard desert cyanobacteria against desiccation.mLife · 2026Article
- Elucidation of dimethyl sulfide assimilation in soil bacteria expands the enzymatic landscape of terrestrial sulfur cycling.The ISME journal · 2026Article
- Mechanistic insights into the dimethylsulfoniopropionate synthesis enzyme BurB.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2025Article
- A million shades of green: understanding and harnessing plant metabolic diversity.The EMBO journal · 2025Review
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Abstract
The organosulfur compound dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) has key roles in stress protection, global carbon and sulfur cycling, chemotaxis, and is a major source of climate-active gases. Saltmarshes are global hotspots for DMSP cycling due to Spartina cordgrasses that produce exceptionally high concentrations of DMSP. Here, in Spartina anglica, we identify the plant genes that underpin high-level DMSP synthesis: methionine S-methyltransferase (MMT), S-methylmethionine decarboxylase (SDC) and DMSP-amine oxidase (DOX). Homologs of these enzymes are common in plants, but differences in expression and catalytic efficiency explain why S. anglica accumulates such high DMSP concentrations and other plants only accumulate low concentrations. Furthermore, DMSP accumulation in S. anglica is consistent with DMSP having a role in oxidative and osmotic stress protection. Importantly, administration of DMSP by root uptake or over-expression of Spartina DMSP synthesis genes confers plant tolerance to salinity and drought offering a route for future bioengineering for sustainable crop production.
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