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- Title
Aclonifen targets solanesyl diphosphate synthase, representing a novel mode of action for herbicides.
- Authors
Kahlau, Sabine; Schröder, Florian; Freigang, Jörg; Laber, Bernd; Lange, Gudrun; Passon, Daniel; Kleeßen, Sabrina; Lohse, Marc; Schulz, Arno; von Koskull‐Döring, Pascal; Klie, Sebastian; Gille, Sascha
- Abstract
BACKGROUND Aclonifen is a unique diphenyl ether herbicide. Despite its structural similarities to known inhibitors of the protoporphyrinogen oxidase (e.g. acifluorfen, bifenox or oxadiazon), which result in leaf necrosis, aclonifen causes a different phenotype that is described as bleaching. This also is reflected by the Herbicide Resistance Action Committee (HRAC) classification that categorizes aclonifen as an inhibitor of pigment biosynthesis with an unknown target. RESULTS: A comprehensive Arabidopsis thaliana RNAseq dataset comprising 49 different inhibitor treatments and covering 40 known target pathways was used to predict the aclonifen mode of action (MoA) by a random forest classifier. The classifier predicts for aclonifen a MoA within the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway similar to the reference compound norflurazon that inhibits the phytoene desaturase. Upon aclonifen treatment, the phytoene desaturation reaction is disturbed, resulting in a characteristic phytoene accumulation in vivo. However, direct enzyme inhibition by the herbicide was excluded for known herbicidal targets such as phytoene desaturase, 4‐hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase and homogentisate solanesyltransferase. Eventually, the solanesyl diphosphate synthase (SPS), providing one of the two homogentisate solanesyltransferase substrate molecules, could be identified as the molecular target of aclonifen. Inhibition was confirmed using biochemical activity assays for the A. thaliana SPSs 1 and 2. Furthermore, a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii homolog was used for co‐crystallization of the enzyme–inhibitor complex, showing that one inhibitor molecule binds at the interface between two protein monomers. CONCLUSION: Solanesyl diphosphate synthase was identified as the target of aclonifen, representing a novel mode of action for herbicides. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry
- Subjects
SOCIETY of Chemical Industry (Great Britain); HERBICIDES; HERBICIDE resistance; PHENYL ethers; CAROTENOIDS; CHEMICAL industry; CHLAMYDOMONAS reinhardtii
- Publication
Pest Management Science, 2020, Vol 76, Issue 10, p3377
- ISSN
1526-498X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ps.5781