Biotransformation of tryptamine and secologanin into plant terpenoid indole alkaloids by transgenic yeast

A Geerlings, F Redondo, A Contin, J Memelink… - Applied microbiology …, 2001 - Springer

Abstract

A transgenic Saccharomyces cerevisiae was constructed containing the cDNAs coding for strictosidine synthase (STR) and strictosidine β-glucosidase (SGD) from the medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus. Both enzymes are involved in the biosynthesis of terpenoid indole …

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