Yan Xiufeng, Chen Sixue
College of Life Sciences, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.
Planta. 2007 Nov;226(6):1343-52. doi: 10.1007/s00425-007-0627-7. Epub 2007 Sep 25.
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.
已知硫代葡萄糖苷及其降解产物在植物与食草动物和微生物的相互作用中发挥重要作用。此外，它们对人类生活也很重要。例如，一些降解产物是风味化合物，一些具有抗癌特性。近年来，在对拟南芥硫代葡萄糖苷生物合成的理解方面取得了很大进展。利用生化和反向遗传学方法揭示了硫代葡萄糖苷的核心生物合成途径。未来的研究需要关注与硫代葡萄糖苷代谢调控相关的问题。在这里，我们综述了不同水平上硫代葡萄糖苷代谢调控研究的现状，并强调了未来在阐明控制硫代葡萄糖苷代谢的信号和代谢网络方面的研究。
