摘要Plants produce a myriad of structurally and functionally diverse metabolites that play many different roles in plant growth and development and in plant response to continually changing environmental conditions as well as abiotic and biotic stresses.This metabolic diversity is,to a large extent,due to chemical modification of the basic skeletons of metabolites.Here,we review the major known plant metabolite modifications and summarize the progress that has been achieved and the challenges we are facing in the field.We focus on discussing both technical and functional aspects in studying the influences that various modifications have on biosynthesis,degradation,transport,and storage of metabolites,as well as their bioactivity and toxicity.Finally,we discuss some emerging insights into the evolution of metabolic pathways and metabolite functionality.
作者单位Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou 572208, China[1]Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm 14476, Germany;Centre of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology, Plovdiv 4000, Bulgaria[2]Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou 572208, China;National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene Research(Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China[3]
Research in our laboratories was supported by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholarsand the State Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of Chinawhich were provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaThe Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Chinaand Hainan University Startup Fund (KYQD(ZR)1866 to J.L.,KYQD(ZR)1916 to S.W.)the PlantaSYST project by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (SGA-CSA no.664621 and no.739582 under FPA no.664620)