The origin and evolution of the diosgenin biosynthetic pathway in yam

Diosgenin, mainly produced by Dioscorea species, is a traditional precursor of most hormonal drugs in the pharmaceutical industry. The mechanisms that underlie the origin and evolution of diosgenin biosynthesis in plants remain unclear. After sequencing the whole genome of Dioscorea zingiberensis, w...

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Published in:Plant communications 2021-01, Vol.2 (1), p.100079, Article 100079
Main Authors: Cheng, Jian, Chen, Jing, Liu, Xiaonan, Li, Xiangchen, Zhang, Weixiong, Dai, Zhubo, Lu, Lina, Zhou, Xiang, Cai, Jing, Zhang, Xueli, Jiang, Huifeng, Ma, Yanhe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
biochemical pathways
biosynthesis
Biosynthetic Pathways - genetics
carbon
Crops, Agricultural - genetics
Crops, Agricultural - metabolism
Dioscorea - genetics
Dioscorea - metabolism
Dioscorea zingiberensis
diosgenin
Diosgenin - metabolism
evolution
Evolution, Molecular
gene duplication
gene expression
Genome, Plant
genomic evolution
metabolic engineering
pharmaceutical industry
Phylogeny
starch
synthetic biology
yams
yeasts
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