Not all bad: Gyromitrin has a limited distribution in the false morels as determined by a new ultra high-performance liquid chromatography method
Alden C. Dirks, Osama G. Mohamed, Pamela J. Schultz, Andrew N. Miller, Ashootosh Tripathi, Timothy Y. James
Abstract
. This distribution is consistent with a model of rapid evolution coupled with horizontal transfer, which is typical for secondary metabolites. We clarified that gyromitrin production in Discinaceae is both discontinuous and more limited than previously thought. Further research is required to elucidate the gyromitrin biosynthesis gene cluster and its evolutionary history in lorchels.
Topics & Concepts
BiologyPhylogenetic treeInternal transcribed spacerDerivatizationCladeHorizontal gene transferPhylogeneticsGeneticsConcerted evolutionRibosomal DNAEvolutionary biologyGeneChromatographyHigh-performance liquid chromatographyChemistrySilymarin and Mushroom PoisoningLichen and fungal ecologyPlant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties