TY  - GEN
A1  - Sas, Claudia
A1  - Müller, Frank
A1  - Kappel, Christian
A1  - Kent, Tyler V.
A1  - Wright, Stephen I.
A1  - Hilker, Monika
A1  - Lenhard, Michael
T1  - Repeated inactivation of the first committed enzyme underlies the loss of benzaldehyde emission after the selfing transition in Capsella
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - The enormous species richness of flowering plants is at least partly due to floral diversification driven by interactions between plants and their animal pollinators [1, 2]. Specific pollinator attraction relies on visual and olfactory floral cues [3-5]; floral scent can not only attract pollinators but also attract or repel herbivorous insects [6-8]. However, despite its central role for plant-animal interactions, the genetic control of floral scent production and its evolutionary modification remain incompletely understood [9-13]. Benzenoids are an important class of floral scent compounds that are generated from phenylalanine via several enzymatic pathways [14-17]. Here we address the genetic basis of the loss of floral scent associated with the transition from outbreeding to selfing in the genus Capsella. While the outbreeding C. grandiflora emits benzaldehyde as a major constituent of its floral scent, this has been lost in the selfing C. rubella. We identify the Capsella CNL1 gene encoding cinnamate: CoA ligase as responsible for this variation. Population genetic analysis indicates that CNL1 has been inactivated twice independently in C. rubella via different novel mutations to its coding sequence. Together with a recent study in Petunia [18], this identifies cinnamate: CoA ligase as an evolutionary hotspot for mutations causing the loss of benzenoid scent compounds in association with a shift in the reproductive strategy of Capsella from pollination by insects to self-fertilization.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 904 
KW  - benzyl alcohol-dehydrogenase
KW  - floral scent
KW  - recent speciation
KW  - petunia flowers
KW  - genus capsella
KW  - evolution
KW  - biosynthesis
KW  - fragrance
KW  - purification
KW  - pollinators
KW  - benzaldehyde
KW  - selfing syndrome
KW  - shepherd’s purse
KW  - cinnamate:CoA ligase
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-438018
SN  - 1866-8372
IS  - 904
SP  - 3313
EP  - 3319
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Sas, Claudia
A1  - Mueller, Frank
A1  - Kappel, Christian
A1  - Kent, Tyler V.
A1  - Wright, Stephen I.
A1  - Hilker, Monika
A1  - Lenhard, Michael
T1  - Repeated Inactivation of the First Committed Enzyme Underlies the Loss of Benzaldehyde Emission after the Selfing Transition in Capsella
JF  - Current biology
N2  - The enormous species richness of flowering plants is at least partly due to floral diversification driven by interactions between plants and their animal pollinators [1, 2]. Specific pollinator attraction relies on visual and olfactory floral cues [3-5]; floral scent can not only attract pollinators but also attract or repel herbivorous insects [6-8]. However, despite its central role for plant-animal interactions, the genetic control of floral scent production and its evolutionary modification remain incompletely understood [9-13]. Benzenoids are an important class of floral scent compounds that are generated from phenylalanine via several enzymatic pathways [14-17]. Here we address the genetic basis of the loss of floral scent associated with the transition from outbreeding to selfing in the genus Capsella. While the outbreeding C. grandiflora emits benzaldehyde as a major constituent of its floral scent, this has been lost in the selfing C. rubella. We identify the Capsella CNL1 gene encoding cinnamate: CoA ligase as responsible for this variation. Population genetic analysis indicates that CNL1 has been inactivated twice independently in C. rubella via different novel mutations to its coding sequence. Together with a recent study in Petunia [18], this identifies cinnamate: CoA ligase as an evolutionary hotspot for mutations causing the loss of benzenoid scent compounds in association with a shift in the reproductive strategy of Capsella from pollination by insects to self-fertilization.
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.026
SN  - 0960-9822
SN  - 1879-0445
VL  - 26
SP  - 3313
EP  - 3319
PB  - Cell Press
CY  - Cambridge
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Sas, Claudia
T1  - Evolution of the selfing syndrome in the genus capsella
BT  - an investigation into floral UV absorption and scent emission
Y1  - 2016
ER  -