Jasmonic acid biosynthesis by fungi: derivatives, first evidence on biochemical pathways and culture conditions for production

Felipe Eng; Jorge Erick Marin; Krzysztof Zienkiewicz; Mariano Gutiérrez-Rojas; Ernesto Favela-Torres; Ivo Feussner

doi:10.7717/peerj.10873

Jasmonic acid biosynthesis by fungi: derivatives, first evidence on biochemical pathways and culture conditions for production

PeerJ. 2021 Feb 5:9:e10873. doi: 10.7717/peerj.10873. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Felipe Eng^{1

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3}, Jorge Erick Marin³, Krzysztof Zienkiewicz¹, Mariano Gutiérrez-Rojas⁴, Ernesto Favela-Torres⁴, Ivo Feussner^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant Biochemistry, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.
² Biotechnology Division, Cuban Research Institute on Sugar Cane Byproducts (ICIDCA), Havana, Cuba.
³ Laboratório de Processos Biológicos, Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo (LPB/EESC/USP), São Carlos, Brasil.
⁴ Campus Iztapalapa, Biotechnology Department, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico.
⁵ Department of Plant Biochemistry, Goettingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.
⁶ Department of Plant Biochemistry, International Center for advanced Studies of Energy Conversion (ICASEC), University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.

Abstract

Jasmonic acid (JA) and its derivatives called jasmonates (JAs) are lipid-derived signalling molecules that are produced by plants and certain fungi. Beside this function, JAs have a great variety of applications in flavours and fragrances production. In addition, they may have a high potential in agriculture. JAs protect plants against infections. Although there is much information on the biosynthesis and function of JA concerning plants, knowledge on these aspects is still scarce for fungi. Taking into account the practical importance of JAs, the objective of this review is to summarize knowledge on the occurrence of JAs from fungal culture media, their biosynthetic pathways and the culture conditions for optimal JA production as an alternative source for the production of these valuable metabolites.

Keywords: Culture medium; Fungi; Jasmonic acid; Metabolic pathway; Oxylipin; Submerged fermentation.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) through a short stay scholarship to Felipe Eng. Studies in the lab of Ivo Feussner were financially supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) in frame of the GRK-1422. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.