scholarly journals Geranyllinalool Synthases in Solanaceae and Other Angiosperms Constitute an Ancient Branch of Diterpene Synthases Involved in the Synthesis of Defensive Compounds

2014 ◽  
Vol 166 (1) ◽  
pp. 428-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasiliki Falara ◽  
Juan M. Alba ◽  
Merijn R. Kant ◽  
Robert C. Schuurink ◽  
Eran Pichersky
Keyword(s):  
Defensive Compounds ◽  
Diterpene Synthases

scholarly journals Corrigendum: Two Diterpene Synthases from Chryseobacterium : Chryseodiene Synthase and Wanjudiene Synthase

2021 ◽  
Vol 60 (35) ◽  
pp. 18917-18917
Author(s):  
Lukas Lauterbach ◽  
Bernd Goldfuss ◽  
Jeroen S. Dickschat
Keyword(s):  
Diterpene Synthases

scholarly journals Brightly coloured tissues in limid bivalves chemically deter predators

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 191298
Author(s):  
Lindsey F. Dougherty ◽  
Alexandria K. Niebergall ◽  
Corey D. Broeckling ◽  
Kevin L. Schauer ◽  
Jingchun Li
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Chemical Defence ◽  
Chemical Compositions ◽  
Marine Bivalve ◽  
Metabolomic Analysis ◽  
Defence Mechanism ◽  
Defensive Compounds ◽  
Mantis Shrimp ◽  
Metabolite Profiles ◽  
Bivalve Tissues

Members of the marine bivalve family Limidae are known for their bright appearance. In this study, their colourful tissues were examined as a defence mechanism towards predators. We showed that when attacked by the peacock mantis shrimp ( Odontodactylus scyllarus ), the ‘disco’ clam, Ctenoides ales , opened wide to expose brightly coloured tissues to the predator. The predator also significantly preferred to consume the internal, non-colourful clam tissues than the external, colourful tissues. Mass spectrometry-based metabolomic analysis confirmed that colourful tissues had significantly different chemical compositions than the non-colourful ones. The internal, non-colourful tissues had metabolite profiles more similar to an outgroup bivalve than to the species' own colourful external tissues. A number of the compounds that differentiated the colourful tissues from the non-colourful tissues appeared to be peptide-like, which potentially serve as the underlying defensive compounds. This is the first study demonstrating that colourful bivalve tissues are used for chemical defence.

Diterpene synthases facilitating production of the kaurane skeleton of eriocalyxin B in the medicinal plant Isodon eriocalyx

2019 ◽  
Vol 158 ◽  
pp. 96-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gang Du ◽  
Hai-Yan Gong ◽  
Ke-Na Feng ◽  
Qian-Qian Chen ◽  
Yan-Long Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Eriocalyxin B ◽  
Diterpene Synthases

scholarly journals Biosynthesis of the oxygenated diterpene nezukol in the medicinal plant Isodon rubescens is catalyzed by a pair of diterpene synthases

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. e0176507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle A. Pelot ◽  
Lynne M. Hagelthorn ◽  
J. Bennett Addison ◽  
Philipp Zerbe
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Diterpene Synthases

scholarly journals Identification of defensive compounds in metathoracic glands of adults of the stink bug Dichelops melacanthus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 1242-1246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco A. Marques ◽  
Edison P. Wendler ◽  
Beatriz Helena L. N. Sales Maia ◽  
Maurício U. Ventura ◽  
Iara Cintra Arruda-Gatti
Keyword(s):  
Stink Bug ◽  
Defensive Compounds ◽  
Metathoracic Glands

scholarly journals Persistence of the ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) microbiome to diet manipulation

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. e0241529
Author(s):  
Anita Silver ◽  
Sean Perez ◽  
Melanie Gee ◽  
Bethany Xu ◽  
Shreeya Garg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Diversity ◽  
Ground Beetle ◽  
Amplicon Sequencing ◽  
Carabid Beetles ◽  
Secretory Cells ◽  
Pygidial Gland ◽  
Defensive Compounds ◽  
Highly Active ◽  
16S Amplicon Sequencing ◽  
Host Diet

Host-associated microbiomes can play important roles in the ecology and evolution of their insect hosts, but bacterial diversity in many insect groups remains poorly understood. Here we examine the relationship between host environment, host traits, and microbial diversity in three species in the ground beetle family (Coleoptera: Carabidae), a group of roughly 40,000 species that synthesize a wide diversity of defensive compounds. This study used 16S amplicon sequencing to profile three species that are phylogenetically distantly related, trophically distinct, and whose defensive chemical secretions differ: Anisodactylus similis LeConte, 1851, Pterostichus serripes (LeConte, 1875), and Brachinus elongatulus Chaudoir, 1876. Wild-caught beetles were compared to individuals maintained in the lab for two weeks on carnivorous, herbivorous, or starvation diets (n = 3 beetles for each species-diet combination). Metagenomic samples from two highly active tissue types—guts, and pygidial gland secretory cells (which produce defensive compounds)—were processed and sequenced separately from those of the remaining body. Bacterial composition and diversity of these ground beetles were largely resilient to controlled changes to host diet. Different tissues within the same beetle harbor unique microbial communities, and secretory cells in particular were remarkably similar across species. We also found that these three carabid species have patterns of microbial diversity similar to those previously found in carabid beetles. These results provide a baseline for future studies of the role of microbes in the diversification of carabids.

Biosynthesis of Defensive Compounds from Beetles and Ants

ChemInform ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 34 (47) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascal Laurent ◽  
Jean-Claude Braekman ◽  
Desire Daloze ◽  
Jacques Pasteels
Keyword(s):  
Defensive Compounds

scholarly journals A high-throughput method of analyzing multiple plant defensive compounds in minimized sample mass

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. e01210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandra N. Jack ◽  
Shawna L. Rowe ◽  
Stephanie S. Porter ◽  
Maren L. Friesen
Keyword(s):  
High Throughput ◽  
Sample Mass ◽  
Defensive Compounds ◽  
High Throughput Method ◽  
Plant Defensive Compounds
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