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ArticleThe New phytologist2025

Protection of naringenin chalcone by a pathogenesis-related 10 protein promotes flavonoid biosynthesis in Marchantia polymorpha.

Yanfei Zhou, Cyril Hamiaux, Christelle M Andre, Janine M Cooney, Kathy E Schwinn, John W van Klink, John L Bowman, Kevin M Davies, Nick W Albert

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Article in The New phytologist, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Tuning reductase activity in monoterpene indole alkaloid biosynthesis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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9 authors.

Yanfei Zhou *The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Palmerston North, 4472, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9607-8376
Cyril Hamiaux *The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9198-3441
Christelle M AndreThe New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0239-5774
Janine M CooneyThe New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Ruakura, 3214, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2547-0100
Kathy E SchwinnThe New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Palmerston North, 4472, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6337-3627
John W van KlinkThe New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Otago University, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0843-567X
John L BowmanSchool of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic., 3800, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7347-3691
Kevin M DaviesThe New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Palmerston North, 4472, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5652-5015
Nick W AlbertThe New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Palmerston North, 4472, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8579-529X

Funding

Blue Skies funds from The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research BSD1156Blue Skies funds from The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research BSD1419James Cook Research Fellowship JCF-PAF2001Marsden Fund of New Zealand/Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden PAF1701Marsden Fund of New Zealand/Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden PAF2002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins are diverse stress- or pathogen-induced proteins. Some are associated with specialised metabolism, including proposed functions for anthocyanin biosynthesis. However, data are limited to a few angiosperm species, and the mode(s) of action are uncertain. Using the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha (Marchantia), we examined whether pathogenesis-related 10 (PR10) contributes to flavonoid biosynthesis in other land plant lineages and investigated its mode of action. Marchantia produces two major flavonoid types: flavones and the pigment auronidin. MpPR10.5 is a target of the auronidin regulator MpMYB14; therefore, Mppr10.5 mutants were generated using CRISPR/Cas9 and analysed for transcript abundance (via RNA sequencing) and for metabolite content. Recombinant MpPR10.5 protein was used for metabolite binding and stabilisation assays. Mppr10.5 mutants had reduced auronidin and flavone content, demonstrating that MpPR10.5 promotes flavonoid biosynthesis. Flavone and auronidin biosynthesis share a single flavonoid intermediate, naringenin chalcone (NC), suggesting MpPR10.5 acts on this compound. MpPR10.5 protein binds NC strongly (micromolar affinity), preventing spontaneous self-cyclisation in vitro. Several phenylpropanoid and flavonoid genes were downregulated in Mppr10.5 and Mpchalcone isomerase-like plants. This suggests PR10 proteins promote flavonoid biosynthesis by selectively binding unstable intermediates (NC), protecting them from degradation or undesirable nonenzymatic conversions and facilitating their transport to subsequent pathway steps.

Indexed as

FlavanonesFlavonoidsMarchantiaPlant ProteinsAnthocyaninsChalconesGene Expression Regulation, PlantMutationAnthocyaninsChalconesFlavanonesFlavonoidsnaringenin chalconePlant ProteinsauronidinflavonoidMarchantia polymorphanaringenin chalconePathogenesis‐related 10 protein

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PMID40325841
PMCPMC12138178

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