BiochemistryFrontiers in Plant SciencePeer-reviewed
Parallel evolution of methyltransferases leads to vobasine biosynthesis in Tabernaemontana elegans and Catharanthus roseus
Maisha Farzana, Matthew Bailey Richardson, Daniel André Ramey Deschênes…·Yang Qu
This study identifies and characterizes a new gammaTMT-like enzyme from Tabernaemontana elegans, showing parallel evolution of methyltransferases leading to perivine N-methylation in two plant species.
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