1. An ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter, LaABCB11, Contributes to Alkaloid Transport in Lycoris aurea .
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Wang R, Liu Y, Xu S, Li J, Zhou J, and Wang R
- Subjects
- Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids metabolism, Galantamine metabolism, Gene Expression, Genes, Plant, Phenanthridines metabolism, Plant Leaves metabolism, Plant Roots metabolism, Recombinant Proteins metabolism, Yeasts genetics, Yeasts metabolism, ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters genetics, ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters metabolism, Alkaloids metabolism, Lycoris chemistry, Lycoris metabolism
- Abstract
As a kind of Amaryllidaceae alkaloid which is accumulated in the species of Lycoris plants, lycorine has a range of physiological effects. The biosynthesis pathway of lycorine has been partly revealed, but the transport and accumulation mechanisms of lycorine have rarely been studied. In this study, an ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter from Lycoris aurea (L'Hér) Herb., namely LaABCB11, was cloned and functionally characterized. Heterologous expression showed that LaABCB11 transported lycorine in an outward direction, increased the tolerance of yeast cells to lycorine, and caused a lower lycorine accumulation in transformants than control or mutant in yeast. LaABCB11 is associated with the plasma membrane, and in situ hybridization indicated that LaABCB11 was mainly expressed in the phloem of leaves and bulbs, as well as in the cortical cells of roots. These findings suggest that LaABCB11 functions as a lycorine transport and it might be related to the translocation and accumulation of lycorine from the leaves and bulbs to the roots.
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- 2021
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