Towards a functional understanding of the plant metabolome.

Monika Kosmacz, Ewelina Maria Sokołowska, Saad Bouzaa, Aleksandra Skirycz

Journal: Current opinion in plant biology 2020;55():47-51

PMID: 32224339

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Abstract

Plants are true organic chemists-the chemical diversity of plant metabolomes goes hand in hand with functional diversity. New, often unexpected roles are being reported for both evolutionarily conserved and well-characterised central metabolites such as amino acids, nucleotides, and sugars, and for specialized/secondary metabolites such as carotenoids, glucosinolates, and terpenoids. Our review aims to highlight recent studies reporting novel roles of metabolites and to emphasize the importance of cell-wide identification of metabolite-protein complexes for the comprehensive, functional understanding of the plant metabolome.

Address: Department of Molecular Physiology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.; Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Higher National Agronomic School (ENSA), Algiers, Algeria.; Department of Molecular Physiology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected].

DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2020.02.005

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MeSH Terms: Amino Acids, Carotenoids, Glucosinolates, Metabolome, Plants