Catalytic innovation underlies independent recruitment of polyketide synthases in cocaine and hyoscyamine biosynthesis

Autor: Tian Tian, Yong-Jiang Wang, Jian-Ping Huang, Jie Li, Bingyan Xu, Yin Chen, Li Wang, Jing Yang, Yijun Yan, Sheng-Xiong Huang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32776-1
Popis: Cocaine is a tropane alkaloid produced by Erythroxylum novogranatense. Here the authors identify two polyketide synthases involved in cocaine biosynthesis and provide insight into the parallel evolution of these enzymes in tropane alkaloids-producing plants.
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