Takehiko Kanazawa

ABCG transporters are involved in the accumulation of specialized metabolites in the oil bodies of Marchantia polymorpha.

Bioactive specialized metabolites (SMs) are synthesized and sequestered in specific cellular compartments or organelles as a self-defense strategy against their intrinsic toxicity. Liverwort-specific oil bodies accumulate large amounts of SMs and contribute to chemical defense; h...