MYB4 is the best candidate transcription factor involved in pinosylvin stilbene biosynthesis in Pinus strobus L. cells by fungal elicitor treatment

Key message

Dihydropinosylvin monomethyl ether (DPME) and pinosylvin monomethyl ether (PME) are pinosylvin derivatives that show high nematicidal activity against pine wood nematodes (PWNs). Here, we found that fungal elicitor treatment boosted the production of DPME and PME in cultured Pinus strobus L. cells and investigated the transcription factors (TFs) regulating the genes in the pinosylvin stilbenoid biosynthesis pathway.

Keywords
Pinus strobus, Pinosylvin derivatives, Fungal elicitor, Transcriptome analysis, Transcription factor

Publication
Kim, Y.R., Moon, Y.B., Choi, H.B. et al. MYB4 is the best candidate transcription factor involved in pinosylvin stilbene biosynthesis in Pinus strobus L. cells by fungal elicitor treatment. Annals of Forest Science 81, 18 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13595-024-01234-x

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Data and/or Code availability
The datasets generated in the current study are available from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Sequence Read Archive (SRA) database: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/?term=PRJNA949840

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Christelle Robinet

Topical Collection
This article is part of the Topical Collection “Advances in the understanding of the pine wilt disease and in its management strategy“