The potential of six ancient Tuscan sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) varieties as a source of health-promotingpentacyclictriterpenesishereevaluatedbymeansofatargetedgeneexpressionand metabolite analysis. By using a sequence homology criterion, we identify five oxidosqualene cyclase genes (OSCs) and three cytochrome P450s (CYP85s) that are putatively involved in the triterpene production pathway in sweet cherries. We performed 3D structure prediction and induced-fit docking using cation intermediates and reaction products for some OSCs to predict their function. We show that the Tuscan varieties have different amounts of ursolic and oleanolic acids and that these variations are related to different gene expression profiles. This study stresses the interest of valorizing ancient fruits as alternative sources of functional molecules with nutraceutical value. It also provides information on sweet cherry triterpene biosynthetic genes, which could be the object of follow-up functional studies.

Berni, R., Hoque, M.Z., Legay, S., Cai, G., Siddiqui, K.S., Hausman, J., et al. (2019). Tuscan Varieties of Sweet Cherry Are Rich Sources of Ursolic and Oleanolic Acid: Protein Modeling Coupled to Targeted Gene Expression and Metabolite Analyses. MOLECULES, 24(8), 1-21 [10.3390/molecules24081590].

Tuscan Varieties of Sweet Cherry Are Rich Sources of Ursolic and Oleanolic Acid: Protein Modeling Coupled to Targeted Gene Expression and Metabolite Analyses

Berni, Roberto;Cai, Giampiero
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2019-01-01

Abstract

The potential of six ancient Tuscan sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) varieties as a source of health-promotingpentacyclictriterpenesishereevaluatedbymeansofatargetedgeneexpressionand metabolite analysis. By using a sequence homology criterion, we identify five oxidosqualene cyclase genes (OSCs) and three cytochrome P450s (CYP85s) that are putatively involved in the triterpene production pathway in sweet cherries. We performed 3D structure prediction and induced-fit docking using cation intermediates and reaction products for some OSCs to predict their function. We show that the Tuscan varieties have different amounts of ursolic and oleanolic acids and that these variations are related to different gene expression profiles. This study stresses the interest of valorizing ancient fruits as alternative sources of functional molecules with nutraceutical value. It also provides information on sweet cherry triterpene biosynthetic genes, which could be the object of follow-up functional studies.
2019
Berni, R., Hoque, M.Z., Legay, S., Cai, G., Siddiqui, K.S., Hausman, J., et al. (2019). Tuscan Varieties of Sweet Cherry Are Rich Sources of Ursolic and Oleanolic Acid: Protein Modeling Coupled to Targeted Gene Expression and Metabolite Analyses. MOLECULES, 24(8), 1-21 [10.3390/molecules24081590].
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