Phylogenomics and metabolic engineering reveal a conserved gene cluster in Solanaceae plants for withanolide biosynthesis

Abstract Withanolides are steroidal lactones from nightshade (Solanaceae) plants with untapped drug potential due to limited availability of minor representatives caused by lack of biosynthetic pathway knowledge. Here, we combine phylogenomics with metabolic engineering to overcome this limitation....

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Main Authors: Samuel Edward Hakim, Nancy Choudhary, Karan Malhotra, Jian Peng, Arne Bültemeier, Ahmed Arafa, Ronja Friedhoff, Maximilian Bauer, Jessica Eikenberg, Claus-Peter Witte, Marco Herde, Philipp Heretsch, Boas Pucker, Jakob Franke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61686-1
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