Cyclodipeptide oxidases are filamentous enzymes. Here, the authors dissect the mechanism of a promiscuous flavoenzyme from the biosynthesis of cyclodipeptide natural products, unveiling fast ...

A new tool could make it easier to study scarce plant molecules. Researchers have developed so-called microbial cell factories -- using E. coli and yeast -- to produce a special class of plant ...

Paper: "Evolution of inter-organismal strigolactone biosynthesis in seed plants." Co-authors include Anqi Zhou*, Kaibiao Wang, and Yanran Li, UC San Diego; Annalise Kane*, Michell Santiago, and David ...

Paper: “Evolution of inter-organismal strigolactone biosynthesis in seed plants.” Co-authors include Anqi Zhou*, Kaibiao Wang, and Yanran Li, UC San Diego; Annalise Kane*, Michell Santiago ...

Anqi Zhou, a chemical engineering Ph.D. student at UC San Diego and co-first author on the study, engineers the microbial cell factories and uses them to study strigolactone biosynthesis. Photo by ...

Traditional methods to study strigolactone, in contrast, can require extracting at least 340 liters of xylem sap—the equivalent of seven or eight poplar trees. Realistically, that amount needs ...

MOE Key Laboratory of Bio-Intelligent Manufacturing, State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Centre for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, School of Bioengineering, ...

Introduction: Strigolactone (SL) and auxin are two important phytohormones involved in plant root development, but whether they show synergistic or mutual promotion effects during adventitious root ...