Alkaloid production by a Cinchona officinalis 'Ledgeriana' hairy root culture containing constitutive expression constructs of tryptophan decarboxylase and strictosidine synthase cDNAs from Catharanthus roseus
| Autor: | A. Martinez Caballero, D. Hallard, Robert Verpoorte, Arjan Geerlings, I. Lopes Cardoso, R. van der Heijden |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Tryptamine
Strictosidine synthase Catharanthus roseus biology Cinchona ledgeriana Plant Science General Medicine biology.organism_classification Terpenoid Terpenoid indole alkaloids chemistry.chemical_compound Biochemistry chemistry Quinoline alkaloids Strictosidine Genetic engineering Hairy root culture biology.protein Cinchona officinalis Agronomy and Crop Science |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP |
| ISSN: | 1432-203X 0721-7714 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s002990050732 |
| Popis: | Cinchona officinalis 'Ledgeriana', former called Cinchona ledgeriana, hairy roots were initiated containing constitutive-expression constructs of cDNAs encoding the enzymes tryptophan decarboxylase (TDC) and strictosidine synthase (STR) from Catharanthus roseus, two key enzymes in terpenoid indole and quinoline alkaloid biosynthesis. The successful integration of these genes and the reporter gene gus-int was demonstrated using Southern blotting and the polymerase chain reaction. The products of TDC and STR, tryptamine and strictosidine, were found in high amounts, 1200 and 1950 μg g–1 dry weight, respectively. Quinine and quinidine levels were found to rise up to 500 and 1000 μg g–1 dry weight, respectively. The results show that genetic engineering with multiple genes is well possible in hairy roots of C. officinalis. However, 1 year after analyzing the hairy roots for the first time, they had completely lost their capacity to accumulate alkaloids. |
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