He, Jun; Fandino, Richard A.; Halitschke, Rayko; Luck, Katrin; Kollner, Tobias G.; Murdock, H. Murdock; Ray, Rishav; Gase, Klaus; Knaden, Markus; Baldwin, Ian T.; Schuman, Meredith C. published the artcile< An unbiased approach elucidates variation in (S)-(+)-linalool, a context-specific mediator of a tri-trophic interaction in wild tobacco>, SDS of cas: 78-70-6, the main research area is linalool synthase gene variation tobacco herbivore Manduca oviposition; Manduca sexta; Nicotiana attenuata; enantiomer-specific linalool synthase; oviposition preference; tri-trophic interactions.
Plant volatile organic compounds (VOCs) mediate many interactions, and the function of common VOCs is especially likely to depend on ecol. context. We used a genetic mapping population of wild tobacco, Nicotiana attenuata, originating from a cross of 2 natural accessions from Arizona and Utah, separated by the Grand Canyon, to dissect genetic variation controlling VOCs. Herbivory-induced leaf terpenoid emissions varied substantially, while green leaf volatile emissions were similar. In a field experiment, only emissions of linalool, a common VOC, correlated significantly with predation of the herbivore Manduca sexta by native predators. Using quant. trait locus mapping and genome mining, we identified an (S)-(+)-linalool synthase (NaLIS). Genome resequencing, gene cloning, and activity assays revealed that the presence/absence of a 766-bp sequence in NaLIS underlies the variation of linalool emissions in 26 natural accessions. We manipulated linalool emissions and composition by ectopically expressing linalool synthases for both enantiomers, (S)-(+)- and (R)-(-)-linalool, reported to oppositely affect M. sexta oviposition, in the Arizona and Utah accessions. We used these lines to test ovipositing moths in increasingly complex environments. The enantiomers had opposite effects on oviposition preference, but the magnitude of the effect depended strongly both on plant genetic background, and complexity of the bioassay environment. Our study reveals that the emission of linalool, a common VOC, differs by orders-of-magnitude among geog. interspersed conspecific plants due to allelic variation in a linalool synthase, and that the response of a specialist herbivore to linalool depends on enantiomer, plant genotype, and environmental complexity.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America published new progress about Alleles (of linalool synthase genes). 78-70-6 belongs to class alcohols-buliding-blocks, and the molecular formula is C10H18O, SDS of cas: 78-70-6.
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