Overexpression of tryptophan decarboxylase and strictosidine synthase enhanced terpenoid indole alkaloid pathway activity and antineoplastic vinblastine biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus

Protoplasma

Volumn 255, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 1281-1294

  Sharma, Abhishek ^a   Verma, Priyanka ^a,b   Mathur, Archana ^a   Mathur, Ajay Kumar ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

^b NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Catharanthus roseus; Sonication assisted Agrobacterium medicated transformation (SAAT); Strictosidine synthase (CrSTR); Terpenoid indole alkaloids (TIAs); Tryptophan decarboxylase (CrTDC)

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; INDOLE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; LYASE; STRICTOSIDINE SYNTHETASE; TERPENE; VINBLASTINE;

CATHARANTHUS; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ALKALOIDS; AROMATIC-L-AMINO-ACID DECARBOXYLASES; CARBON-NITROGEN LYASES; CATHARANTHUS; INDOLES; TERPENES; VINBLASTINE;

EID: 85045046031     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-018-1233-1     Document Type: Article

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