Root-specific secondary metabolism at the single-cell level: a case study of theanine metabolism and regulation in the roots of tea plants (Camellia sinensis)
Shijia Lin, Yiwen Zhang, Shupei Zhang…·Zhaoliang Zhang
This study uses scRNA-seq to analyze theanine metabolism in tea plant roots, revealing multicellular compartmentation of biosynthesis without high co-expression of transcription factors.