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Metabolic Engineering of Crops with the Tryptophan Decarboxylase of Catharanthus Roseus

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Metabolic Engineering of Plant Secondary Metabolism

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A wide variety of plant families produce aromatic and indole amines via the decarboxylation of their respective amino acids. These reactions which are catalyzed by aromatic amino acid decarboxylases are commonly the first steps in the biosynthesis of many thousands of different plant alkaloids, which have a number of important physiological effects. In order to create crops that make useful alkaloids, genetic engineering methods for the production and accumulation of aromatic and indole amines need to be developed. This report describes the results of several transformation experiments to express the tryptophan decarboxylase gene in different species of plants.

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    Robert Verpoorte

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    A. W. Alfermann

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De Luca, V. (2000). Metabolic Engineering of Crops with the Tryptophan Decarboxylase of Catharanthus Roseus . In: Verpoorte, R., Alfermann, A.W. (eds) Metabolic Engineering of Plant Secondary Metabolism. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9423-3_9

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