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ReviewPlants (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids and Isoquinoline Alkaloids: A Perspective on Historical Approaches to Pathway Elucidation.

Mateo Peña-Morales, Jaime David Vega-Páez, Natalie Cortes, Edison Osorio, Paola A Caicedo, Alvaro Barrera-Ocampo, Oscar Álvarez, Andrés Fernando Gonzáles Barrios, María Francisca Villegas-Torres

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Mateo Peña-MoralesGrupo Natura, Facultad Barberi de Ingeniería, Diseño y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad ICESI, Cali 760031, Colombia.
Jaime David Vega-PáezCentro de Investigaciones Microbiológicas (CIMIC), Department of Biological Sciences, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá 111711, Colombia.
Natalie CortesFacultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemáticas, Universidad de Ibagué, Carrera, 22, Calle 67, Ibagué 730002, Colombia.
Edison OsorioGrupo de Ciencias Básicas Aplicadas (CBATA), Departamento de Ciencias Básicas y Áreas Comunes, Tecnológico de Antioquia-Institución Universitaria, Medellín 050034, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0001-7636-8168
Paola A CaicedoGrupo Natura, Facultad Barberi de Ingeniería, Diseño y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad ICESI, Cali 760031, Colombia.
Alvaro Barrera-OcampoGrupo Natura, Facultad Barberi de Ingeniería, Diseño y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad ICESI, Cali 760031, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0003-0906-9293
Oscar ÁlvarezGrupo de Diseño de Productos y Procesos (GDPP), Department of Chemical and Food Engineering, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá 111711, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0002-5486-5240
Andrés Fernando Gonzáles BarriosGrupo de Diseño de Productos y Procesos (GDPP), Department of Chemical and Food Engineering, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá 111711, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0003-2517-2020
María Francisca Villegas-TorresCentro de Investigaciones Microbiológicas (CIMIC), Department of Biological Sciences, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá 111711, Colombia.

Funding

Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación 86978Universidad de Los Andes INV-2023-158-2701
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alkaloid biosynthesis is a central topic in plant specialized metabolism because many alkaloids have ecological, pharmacological, and biotechnological relevance. Isoquinoline alkaloids (IAs) and Amaryllidaceae alkaloids (AAs) are both connected to aromatic amino acid metabolism, but they differ in taxonomic distribution, scaffold-forming chemistry, pathway resolution, and biotechnological development. This review compares the historical and methodological trajectories that have shaped IA and AA pathway elucidation, from compound isolation, radiotracer experiments, and biochemical inference to transcriptomics, metabolomics, functional enzymology, isotope-guided active-tissue identification, regulatory studies, and heterologous pathway reconstruction. In IAs, especially benzylisoquinoline alkaloids, broad genomic and transcriptomic resources have supported candidate gene discovery and functional characterization of several branches, including morphinan, protoberberine, benzophenanthridine, and aporphine-related pathways. In contrast, AA biosynthesis has advanced more recently through function-driven approaches that clarified key steps such as N4OMT-mediated 4'-

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3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehydealkaloid biosynthesisAmaryllidaceae alkaloidsbenzylisoquinoline alkaloidsCYP96Tfunctional validationisoquinoline alkaloidsnorbelladinesynthetic biologytranscriptomics

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PMID42739321
PMCPMC13567729

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