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- Title
Prediction of Dhurrin Metabolism by Transcriptome and Metabolome Analyses in Sorghum.
- Authors
Choi, Sang Chul; Chung, Yong Suk; Lee, Yun Gyeong; Kang, Yuna; Park, Yun Ji; Park, Sang Un; Kim, Changsoo
- Abstract
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.)) Moench is an important food for humans and feed for livestock. Sorghum contains dhurrin which can be degraded into toxic hydrogen cyanide. Here, we report the expression patterns of 14 candidate genes related to dhurrin ((S)-4-Hydroxymandelnitrile-β-D-glucopyranoside) metabolism and the effects of the gene expression on specific metabolite content in selected sorghum accessions. Dhurrin-related metabolism is vigorous in the early stages of development of sorghum. The dhurrin contents of most accessions tested were in the range of approximately 6–22 μg mg−1 fresh leaf tissue throughout growth. The p-hydroxybenzaldehyde (pHB) contents were high at seedling stages, but almost nonexistent at adult stages. The contents of p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid (pHPAAc) were relatively low throughout growth compared to those of dhurrin or pHB. Generally, the expression of the candidate genes was higher at seedling stage than at other stages and decreased gradually as plants grew. In addition, we identified significant SNPs, and six of them were potentially associated with non-synonymous changes in CAS1. Our results may provide the basis for choosing breeding materials to regulate cyanide contents in sorghum varieties to prevent HCN toxicity of livestock or to promote drought tolerance or pathogen resistance.
- Subjects
SORGHUM; DROUGHT tolerance; FORECASTING; ANIMAL feeds; HYDROCYANIC acid; METABOLISM; GENE expression
- Publication
Plants (2223-7747), 2020, Vol 9, Issue 10, p1390
- ISSN
2223-7747
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/plants9101390