Elucidation of the first committed step in betalain biosynthesis enables the heterologous engineering of betalain pigments in plants

New Phytologist

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 269-283

  Polturak, Guy ^a   Breitel, Dario ^b   Grossman, Noam ^a   Sarrion Perdigones, Alejandro ^c   Weithorn, Efrat ^a   Pliner, Margarita ^a   Orzaez, Diego ^c   Granell, Antonio ^c   Rogachev, Ilana ^a   Aharoni, Asaph ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Universitat Politècnica de València   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beta vulgaris; Betalains; Gene function; Pigments; Plant metabolic engineering; Secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOENGINEERING; CYTOCHROME; GENE EXPRESSION; HERB; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PIGMENT; RECOMBINATION; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TOBACCO; YEAST;

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; CARYOPHYLLALES; MIRABILIS; MIRABILIS JALAPA; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA;

BETACYANIN; BETALAIN; BETAXANTHIN; CYTOCHROME P450; DOPA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

BEET; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIRABILIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; PLANT GENE; PROCEDURES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BETA VULGARIS; BETACYANINS; BETALAINS; BETAXANTHINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MIRABILIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TOBACCO;

EID: 84959131049     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13796     Document Type: Article

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