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ArticleNature communications2025

Complete biosynthetic pathway of furochromones in Saposhnikovia divaricata and its evolutionary mechanism in Apiaceae plants.

Jian-Lin Zou, Hong-Ye Li, Bao Nie, Zi-Long Wang, Chun-Xue Zhao, Yun-Gang Tian, Li-Qun Lin, Wei-Zhe Xu, Zhuang-Wei Hou, Wen-Kai Sun and 6 more

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16 authors.

Jian-Lin Zou *State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100191, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-4125-429X
Hong-Ye Li *State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100191, China.
Bao Nie *Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518120, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6299-9102
Zi-Long WangState Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100191, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7875-0704
Chun-Xue ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100191, China.
Yun-Gang TianState Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100191, China.
Li-Qun LinShenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518120, China.
Wei-Zhe XuCivil Aviation Medicine Center, Civil Aviation Administration of China, A-1 Gaojing, Beijing, 100123, China.
Zhuang-Wei HouShenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518120, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-6873-3230
Wen-Kai SunShenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518120, China.
Xiao-Xu HanShenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518120, China.
Meng ZhangState Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100191, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0540-5950
Hao-Tian WangState Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100191, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5684-8655
Qing-Yan LiCivil Aviation Medicine Center, Civil Aviation Administration of China, A-1 Gaojing, Beijing, 100123, China.
Li WangShenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518120, China. wangli03@caas.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2068-7535
Min YeState Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100191, China. yemin@bjmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9952-2380

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 2023YFA0914100National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 2023YFA0915800National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 81725023
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Furochromones are specific bioactive secondary metabolites of many Apiaceae plants. Their biosynthesis remains largely unexplored. In this work, we dissect the complete biosynthetic pathway of major furochromones in the medicinal plant Saposhnikovia divaricata by characterizing prenyltransferase, peucenin cyclase, methyltransferase, hydroxylase, and glycosyltransferases. De novo biosynthesis of prim-O-glucosylcimifugin and 5-O-methylvisamminoside is realized in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves. Through comparative genomic and transcriptomic analyses, we further find that proximal duplication and high expression of a pentaketide chromone synthase gene SdPCS, together with the presence of a lineage-specific peucenin cyclase gene SdPC, lead to the predominant accumulation of furochromones in the roots of S. divaricata among surveyed Apiaceae plants. This study paves the way for metabolic engineering production of furochromones, and sheds light into evolutionary mechanisms of furochromone biosynthesis among Apiaceae plants.

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ApiaceaeBiosynthetic PathwaysChromonesEvolution, MolecularGene Expression Regulation, PlantMethyltransferasesNicotianaPhylogenyPlant LeavesPlant ProteinsPlant RootsChromonesMethyltransferasesPlant Proteins

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PMID40169603
PMCPMC11961743

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