Engineering sorghum for higher 4-hydroxybenzoic acid content
C.-Y. Lin, Y. Tian, K. Nelson-Vasilchik, J. Hague, R. Kakumanu, M. Y. Lee, J. Trinh, T. Northen, E. Baidoo, A. Kausch, H. Scheller, A. Eudes
This paper engineers sorghum to overproduce 4-hydroxybenzoic acid by expressing modified bacterial enzymes, resulting in 1.56-1.72% dry weight accumulation without affecting biomass or agronomic traits.
bioRxiv · Jul 13, 2021Plant Biology