UGT72, a Major Glycosyltransferase Family for Flavonoid and Monolignol Homeostasis in Plants.

ABSTRACT: Plants have developed the capacity to produce a diversified range of specialized metabolites. The glycosylation of those metabolites potentially decreases their toxicity while increasing their stability and their solubility, modifying their transport and their storage. The UGT, forming the largest glycosyltransferase superfamily in plants, combine enzymes that glycosylate mainly hormones and phenylpropanoids by using UDP-sugar as a sugar donor. Particularly, members of the UGT72 family have been shown to glycosylate the monolignols and the flavonoids, thereby being involved in their homeostasis. First, we explore primitive UGTs in algae and liverworts that are related to the angiosperm UGT72 family and their role in flavonoid homeostasis. Second, we describe the role of several UGT72s glyc

SUBMITTER: Speeckaert N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8945231 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature