Evolutionary history of magnoliid genomes and benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis

Yiheng Hu, Jinpeng Wang, Lumei Liu, Xin Yi, Xin Wang, Jianyu Wang, Ya’nan Hao, Liuyu Qin, Kunpeng Li, Yishan Feng, Zhongshuai Zhang, Hanying Wu and Yuannian Jiao ()
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Yiheng Hu: the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jinpeng Wang: the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lumei Liu: the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xin Yi: the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xin Wang: the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianyu Wang: the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ya’nan Hao: North China University of Science and Technology
Liuyu Qin: the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kunpeng Li: the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yishan Feng: North China University of Science and Technology
Zhongshuai Zhang: Chinese Academy of Forestry
Hanying Wu: the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yuannian Jiao: the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Nature Communications, 2025, vol. 16, issue 1, 1-18

Abstract: Abstract Benzylisoquinoline alkaloids (BIAs) are important metabolites synthesized in early-diverging eudicots and magnoliids, yet the genetic basis of BIA biosynthesis in magnoliids remains unclear. Here, we decode the genomes of two magnoliid species, Saruma henryi and Aristolochia manshuriensis, and reconstruct the ancestral magnoliid karyotype and infer the chromosomal rearrangement history following magnoliid diversification. Metabolomic, transcriptomic, and phylogenetic analyses reveal the intermediate chemical components and genetic basis of BIA biosynthesis in A. manshuriensis. Although the core enzymes involved in BIA synthesis appear to be largely conserved between early-diverging eudicots and magnoliids, the biosynthetic pathways in magnoliids seem to exhibit greater flexibility. Significantly, our investigation of the evolutionary history of BIA biosynthetic genes revealed that almost all were duplicated before the emergence of extant angiosperms, with only early-diverging eudicots and magnoliids preferentially retaining these duplicated genes, thereby enabling the biosynthesis of BIAs in these groups.

Date: 2025
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