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Sesquiterpenoids are a class of 15-carbon secondary metabolites that play diverse roles in plant adaptation to environment.Cotton plants accumulate a large amount of sesquiterpene aldehydes(including gossypol)as phytoalexins against pathogens and herbivores.They are stored in pigment glands of aerial organs and in epidermal layers of roots.Several enzymes of gossypol biosynthesis pathway have been characterized,including 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase(HMGR)and farnesyl diphosphate synthase(FPS)that catalyze the formation of the precursor farnesyl diphosphate(FPP),(+)-δ-cadinene synthase(CDN)which is the first enzyme committed to gossypol biosynthesis,and the downstream enzymes of CYP706B1 and methyltransferase.Expressions of these genes are tightly regulated during cotton plants development and induced by jasmonate and fungi elicitors.The transcription factor Ga WRKY1 has been shown to be involved in gossypol pathway regulation.Recent development of new genomic platforms and methods and releases of diploid and tetraploid cotton genome sequences will greatly facilitate the elucidation of gossypol biosynthetic pathway and its regulation.
Sesquiterpenoids are a class of 15-carbon secondary metabolites that play diverse roles in plant adaptation to environment. Cotton plants accumulate a large amount of sesquiterpene aldehydes (including gossypol) as phytoalexins against pathogens and herbivores. They are stored in pigments glands of aerial organs and in epidermal layers of roots.Several enzymes of gossypol biosynthesis pathway have been characterized, including 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMGR) and farnesyl diphosphate synthase (FPS) that catalyze the formation of the precursor farnesyl diphosphate (FPP) (+) - δ-cadinene synthase (CDN) which is the first enzyme committed to gossypol biosynthesis, and the downstream enzymes of CYP706B1 and methyltransferase. Expressions of these genes are tightly regulated during cotton plant development and induced by jasmonate and fungi elicitors. transcription factor Ga WRKY1 has been shown to be involved in gossypol pathway regulation .Recent development of new genomic platfo rms and methods and releases of diploid and tetraploid cotton genome sequences will greatly facilitate the elucidation of gossypol biosynthetic pathway and its regulation.