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ArticleNature communications2026

Specialized aldo-keto reductases trigger complete degradation of mycotoxin deoxynivalenol.

Weijie He, Renyi Xiong, Mengru Zheng, Tiantian Zhang, Yushan Zhang, Qiang Wang, Changxing Zhao, Tao Huang, Yike Liu, Ye Tian and 11 more

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21 authors.

Weijie HeCollege of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
Renyi XiongNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
Mengru ZhengCollege of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-9248-4050
Tiantian ZhangCollege of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-8272-770X
Yushan ZhangCollege of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
Qiang WangNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7048-638X
Changxing ZhaoCollege of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
Tao HuangCollege of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
Yike LiuInstitute of Food Crops, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/Hubei Key Laboratory of Food Crop Germplasm and Genetic Improvement, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2155-3328
Ye TianSINH-UGENT-SJTU Joint Laboratory of Mycotoxin Research, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Karim M TablCollege of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
Xiaoming MaoCollege of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
Pan LiCollege of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
Guangwu FengCollege of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
Xuechen BaiCollege of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
Qian LiuCollege of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
Wenhao YanCollege of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8165-7335
Yucai LiaoCollege of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
Jingbo ZhangCollege of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China. jingbozhang@mail.hzau.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6405-6837
Ping YinNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China. yinping@mail.hzau.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8001-221X
Aibo WuSINH-UGENT-SJTU Joint Laboratory of Mycotoxin Research, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, People's Republic of China. abwu@sinh.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7161-1592

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON) poses severe threats to human and animal well-being globally. Enzymatic degradation is the most effective way to eliminate DON toxicity, yet no catalytic process for complete degradation of DON has been uncovered. Here, we show that a metabolic pathway initiated by C3-epimerization and C8-reduction is responsible for complete degradation of DON in the DON-metabolizing bacterium Nocardioides sp. S5-5. Two horizontally transferred aldo-keto reductase genes, DONepi and DONrd, have evolved to orchestrate C3-epimerization and C8-reduction respectively. Notably, the octameric-structured DONepi alone catalyzes C3-epimerization of DON by steering the rigid-body rotation of the transient 3-keto intermediate for stereoinverting reduction. Moreover, DONrd can catalyze the C8-reduction of DON and its C3-epimerized product 3-epi-DON simultaneously to form C8-hydroxyl products, which facilitates the further degradation by a potential oxidase and other putative enzymes. DONepi expression in transgenic plants confers resistance to DON, representing potential for controlling mycotoxin contamination pre- and postharvest.

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Aldo-Keto ReductasesBacterial ProteinsMycotoxinsNocardioidesTrichothecenesArabidopsisCryoelectron MicroscopyGene Transfer, HorizontalPlants, Genetically ModifiedAldo-Keto ReductasesBacterial ProteinsdeoxynivalenolMycotoxinsTrichothecenes

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PMCPMC13062151

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