植物生产在植物环境相互作用并且对关於生命、不能生活的压力起关键作用的大量第二等的代谢物。而且,许多第二等的代谢物为大量疾病有药品的功效(癌症,疟疾,等等) 。biosynthetic 基因的控制抄写是在植物调整第二等的新陈代谢的主要机制之一。象 MYC, MYB, WRKY 和 AP2/ERF 那样的几个抄写因素家庭被发现了在不同药用的植物涉及第二等的新陈代谢的规定。另外,生合成和第二等的代谢物的合适的累积被表明分子 jasmonic 酸(JA ) 也导致。这评论提供卓见进在药用的植物种类的一个范围表明小径和第二等的新陈代谢(vinblastine,烟碱, artemisinin, taxol 和人参皂甙) 的调停 JA 的 transcriptional 规定的 JA。
Plants produce a wide spectrum of secondary metabolites that play critical roles in plant-environment interactions and against biotic and abiotic stresses. Moreover, many secondary metabolites have pharmaceu- tical efficacy for a wide range of diseases (cancer, malaria, etc.). Controlled transcription of biosynthetic genes is one of the major mechanisms regulating sec- ondary metabolism in plants. Several transcription factor families such as MYC, MYB, WRKY and AP2/ERF have been found to be involved in the regulation of secondary metabolism in different medicinal plants. In addition, the biosynthesis and proper accumulation of secondary metabolites are also induced by signaling molecule jasmonic acid (JA). This review provides an insight into JA signaling pathway and JA-mediated transcriptional regu- lation of secondary metabolism (vinblastine, nicotine, artemisinin, taxol and ginsenoside) in a range of medicinal plant species.