Research progress on plant biosynthetic gene cluster

Abstract

<p indent=0mm>Plants produce a wide variety of structurally and functionally diverse metabolites, many of which play an indispensable role in plant growth and development and in the response to abiotic and biotic stresses. In recent years, plant biosynthetic gene clustering has attracted extensive attention from scientists, and the rapid development of multi-omics technologies such as genome, transcriptome and metabolome makes it possible to efficiently mine plant metabolic gene clusters. Further, the studies of plant biosynthetic gene clusters will provide new insights to explore and utilize the diversity of plant secondary metabolites. Here, we not only systematically summarize the structural characteristics and regulatory models of plant biosynthetic gene clusters, but also review the application of new technologies in the discovery and identification of biosynthetic gene clusters.