Metabolic pathway of flavonoids in Blumea balsamifera.

Author: Qi-Feng XIA ¹ ; Zhi ZHAO ¹ ; Hong-Chang LIU ¹ ; Ling-Liang GUAN ² ; Yu-Xin PANG ²
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1. College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
2. Hainan Provincial Engineering Research Center for Blumea Balsamifera, Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Germplasm Enhancement in Southern China, Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Danzhou 571737, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Blumea balsamifera; biosynthsis; flavonoids; key enzyme
From: China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2016;41(19):3630-3636
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: To better understand the biosynthetic pathway of flavonoids in Blumea balsamifera, and to increase the biosynthesis of flavone and flavonol amount, we carried out this research. Basing on transcriptome information, B. balsamifera flavonoids metabolic pathway was analyzed in KEGG data base. The result demonstrated that two metabolic pathways of flavonoids were found in KEGG data base. They were flavonoid biosynthesis pathway (No.ko00941) that contained 32 genes and flavone and flavonol biosynthesis pathway (No.ko00944) that contained 12 genes. Metabolic pathway of flavonoids in B. balsamifera was similar to that in other plants. Chalcone synthase (CHS) and Chalconeisomerase were much likely to be key enzymes on metabolic pathway of flavonoids in B. balsamifera. HCT was much relevant to biosynthesis of favones.