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Regulation of plant glucosinolate metabolism

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Glucosinolates and their degradation products are known to play important roles in plant interaction with herbivores and micro-organisms. In addition, they are important for human life. For example, some degradation products are flavor compounds and some exhibit anticarcinogenic properties. Recent years have seen great progress made in the understanding of glucosinolate biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. The core glucosinolate biosynthetic pathway has been revealed using biochemical and reverse genetics approaches. Future research needs to focus on questions related to regulation and control of glucosinolate metabolism. Here we review current status of studies on the regulation of glucosinolate metabolism at different levels, and highlight future research towards elucidating the signaling and metabolic network that control glucosinolate metabolism.

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Abbreviations

CYP:

Cytochrome P450

MAM:

Methylthioalkylmalate synthase

QTL:

Quantitative trait locus

JA:

Jasmonic acid

SA:

Salicylic acid

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We apologize for not being able to include all relevant publications due to space limitation. We thank Drs. Alice Harmon and Sophie Avarez for critical reading of the manuscript and drawing the figures, respectively. This manuscript has been much improved as a result of the excellent suggestions made by the editor and two anonymous reviewers. The work in the authors’ laboratories was supported by funds from the University of Florida and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30528013 and No. 30670325) and a program for New Century Excellent Talents in Chinese Universities (NCET-05-0328).

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Yan, X., Chen, S. Regulation of plant glucosinolate metabolism. Planta 226, 1343–1352 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-007-0627-7

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