Flavone and flavonol biosynthesis

Flavones and flavonols (3-hydroxyflavones) are common flavonoids in the plant kingdom. They are synthesized as part of the flavonoid modification pathways in aglycone and glucoside forms.

Metabolism; Biosynthesis of other secondary metabolites

PMID:3994393

De Luca V, Ibrahim RK

Enzymatic synthesis of polymethylated flavonols in Chrysosplenium americanum. I. Partial purification and some properties of S-adenosyl-L-methionine:flavonol 3-, 6-, 7-, and 4'-O-methyltransferases.

Arch Biochem Biophys 238:596-605 (1985)

PMID:6462109

Jourdan PS, Mansell RL

Isolation and partial characterization of three glucosyl transferases involved in the biosynthesis of flavonol triglucosides in Pisum sativum L.

Arch Biochem Biophys 213:434-43 (1982)

PMID:10567367

Miller KD, Guyon V, Evans JN, Shuttleworth WA, Taylor LP

Purification, cloning, and heterologous expression of a catalytically efficient flavonol 3-O-galactosyltransferase expressed in the male gametophyte of Petunia hybrida.

J Biol Chem 274:34011-9 (1999)

PMID:12482447

Cacace S, Schroder G, Wehinger E, Strack D, Schmidt J, Schroder J

A flavonol O-methyltransferase from Catharanthus roseus performing two sequential methylations.

Phytochemistry 62:127-37 (2003)

PMID:15807784

Tohge T, Nishiyama Y, Hirai MY, Yano M, Nakajima J, Awazuhara M, Inoue E, Takahashi H, Goodenowe DB, Kitayama M, Noji M, Yamazaki M, Saito K

Functional genomics by integrated analysis of metabolome and transcriptome of Arabidopsis plants over-expressing an MYB transcription factor.

Plant J 42:218-35 (2005)

PMID:17277900

Kubo H, Nawa N, Lupsea SA

Anthocyaninless1 gene of Arabidopsis thaliana encodes a UDP-glucose:flavonoid-3-O-glucosyltransferase.

J Plant Res 120:445-9 (2007)

Knogge W, Weissenbock G.

Tissue-distribution of secondary phenolic biosynthesis in developing primary leaves of Avena sativa L.

Planta 167:196-205 (1986)

Anhalt S, Weissenbock G.

Subcellular localization of luteolin glucuronides and related enzymes in rye mesophyll.

Planta 187:83-88 (1992)

Suzuki H, Nakayama T, Nagae S, Yamaguchi M, Iwashita T, Fukui Y, Nishino T.

cDNA cloning and functional characterization of flavonol 3-O-glucoside-6''-O-malonyltransferases from flowers of Verbena hybrida and Lamium purpureum.

J Mol Catal B 28:87-93 (2004)