Optimization of engineered production of the glucoraphanin precursor dihomo-methionine in Nicotiana benthamiana

Glucosinolates are natural products characteristic of the Brassicales order which include vegetables such as cabbages and the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Glucoraphanin is the major glucosinolate in broccoli and associated with the health-promoting effects of broccoli consumption. Towards our g...

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Main Authors: Christoph eCrocoll, Nadia eMirza, Michael eReichelt, Jonathan eGershenzon, Barbara Ann Halkier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fbioe.2016.00014/full