Potato toxin, α-solanine, was evolutionally diverged from a bitter-taste constituent of tomato
February 26, 2021
A research group including Kobe University, Kyoto University, RIKEN CSRS and Osaka University has clarified that a toxin containing in sprouts of potato, α-solanine, was diverged from bitter compounds such as α-tomatine in tomato.
The findings of this study may allow breeding that can control the biosynthesis of the toxic compoundin potato in the future.
- Original article
- Nature Communications doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21546-0
- R. Akiyama, B. Watanabe, M. Nakayasu, H. J. Lee, J. Kato, N. Umemoto, T. Muranaka, K. Saito, Y. Sugimoto, M. Mizutani,
- "The biosynthetic pathway of potato solanidanes diverged from that of spirosolanes due to evolution of a dioxygenase".
- Contact
- Naoyuki Umemoto; Senior Scientist
- Kazuki Saito; Group Director
- Metabolomics Research Group
