The evolutionary origins of the cat attractant nepetalactone in catnip

著者: Benjamin R. Lichman, Grant T. Godden, John P. Hamilton, Lira Palmer, Mohamed O. Kamileen, Dongyan Zhao, Brieanne Vaillancourt, Joshua C. Wood, Miao Sun, Taliesin J. Kinser, Laura K. Henry, Carlos E. Rodríguez López, Natalia Dudareva, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, C. Robin Buell, Sarah E. O’Connor - Science Advances 2020 被引用: 130

lineage. We present evidence for a chronology of events that led to the formation of nepetalactone biosynthesis and its metabolic gene cluster. This study provides insights into the interplay between enzyme and genome evolution in the origins, loss, and re-emergence of plant chemical diversity.