A recently evolved BAHD acetyltransferase, responsible for bitter soyasaponin A production, is indispensable for soybean seed germination
Jia Yuan1†, Liya Ma1†, Yan Wang1, Xindan Xu1,2, Rui Zhang3, Chengyuan Wang4, Wenxiang Meng3, Zhixi Tian2,5, Yihua Zhou1,2 and Guodong Wang1,2*
1. State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; 2. College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China; 3. State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; 4. The Center for Microbes, Development and Health, Institute of Pasteur of Shanghai, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China; 5. State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China †These authors contributed equally to this work. *Correspondence:Guodong Wang(gdwang@genetics.ac.cn)
