Biosynthesis and Accumulation of Ergoline Alkaloids in a Mutualistic Association between Ipomoea asarifolia (Convolvulaceae) and a Clavicipitalean Fungus
| Autor: | Christel Drewke, Anne Markert, Nicola Steffan, Sabine Hellwig, Ulrike Steiner, Shu-Ming Li, Wilhelm Boland, Eckhard Leistner, Kerstin Ploss |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Physiology
Plant Science Fungus Ipomoea complex mixtures Claviceps Symbiosis Botany Genetics medicine Ipomoea asarifolia heterocyclic compounds Ergolines Alkyl and Aryl Transferases Mycelium biology organic chemicals Alkaloid fungi food and beverages biology.organism_classification Ergoline Plant Leaves Biochemistry Turbina corymbosa Convolvulaceae Research Article medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Plant Physiology |
| ISSN: | 1532-2548 0032-0889 |
| DOI: | 10.1104/pp.108.116699 |
| Popis: | Ergoline alkaloids occur in taxonomically unrelated taxa, such as fungi, belonging to the phylum Ascomycetes and higher plants of the family Convolvulaceae. The disjointed occurrence can be explained by the observation that plant-associated epibiotic clavicipitalean fungi capable of synthesizing ergoline alkaloids colonize the adaxial leaf surface of certain Convolvulaceae plant species. The fungi are seed transmitted. Their capacity to synthesize ergoline alkaloids depends on the presence of an intact differentiated host plant (e.g. Ipomoea asarifolia or Turbina corymbosa [Convolvulaceae]). Here, we present independent proof that these fungi are equipped with genetic material responsible for ergoline alkaloid biosynthesis. The gene (dmaW) for the determinant step in ergoline alkaloid biosynthesis was shown to be part of a cluster involved in ergoline alkaloid formation. The dmaW gene was overexpressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the encoded DmaW protein purified to homogeneity, and characterized. Neither the gene nor the biosynthetic capacity, however, was detectable in the intact I. asarifolia or the taxonomically related T. corymbosa host plants. Both plants, however, contained the ergoline alkaloids almost exclusively, whereas alkaloids are not detectable in the associated epibiotic fungi. This indicates that a transport system may exist translocating the alkaloids from the epibiotic fungus into the plant. The association between the fungus and the plant very likely is a symbiotum in which ergoline alkaloids play an essential role. |
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