Production of indole alkaloids by metabolic engineering of the tryptophan pathway in rice

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1103-1111

  Dubouzet, Joseph G ^a,b   Matsuda, Fumio ^a,c   Ishihara, Atsushi ^a,d,e   Miyagawa, Hisashi ^a,d,f   Wakasa, Kyo ^a,g,h  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Kyoto University   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CROP SCIENCE   (Japan)

^h TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

carboline; Anthranilate synthase; Serotonin; Tryptamine; Tryptophan decarboxylase

Indexed keywords

ANTHRANILATE SYNTHASE; AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; INDOLE ALKALOID; SEROTONIN; TRYPTAMINE; TRYPTAMINE DERIVATIVE; TRYPTOPHAN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RICE; SEEDLING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; Β-CARBOLINE;

ANTHRANILATE SYNTHASE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTAMINE; TRYPTOPHAN DECARBOXYLASE; Β-CARBOLINE;

ANTHRANILATE SYNTHASE; AROMATIC-L-AMINO-ACID DECARBOXYLASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INDOLE ALKALOIDS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METABOLOME; ORYZA SATIVA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDLING; SEROTONIN; TRYPTAMINES; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84888129960     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12105     Document Type: Article

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