Changes the Plant Growth of Transgenic and Improves the Production of Re and Rg in Its Leaves.

(Miq.) Seem is a medicinal plant that shares a common pathway for the biosynthesis of triterpenoid saponins with . Here, we transferred the dammarenediol-II synthase gene from (; GenBank: AB122080.1) to . The growth of 2-year-old transgenic plants (L27; 9.63 cm) was significantly decreased compared with wild-type plants (WT; 74.97 cm), and the leaflet shapes and sizes of the transgenic plants differed from those of the WT plants. Based on a terpene metabolome analysis of leaf extracts from WT, L13, and L27 plants, a new structural skeleton for ursane-type triterpenoid saponins was identified. Six upregulated differentially accumulated metabolites (DAMs) were detected, and the average levels of Rg3 and Re in the leaves of the L27 plants were 42.64 and 386.81 μg/g, respectively, increased significantly compared with the WT plants (15.48 and 316.96 μg/g, respectively). Thus, the expression of in improved its medicinal value.