Metabolic engineering of terpene biosynthesis in plants using a trichome-specific transcription factor MsYABBY5 from spearmint (Mentha spicata)

• Main Authors: Wang, Qian, Reddy, Vaishnavi Amarr, Panicker, Deepa, Mao, Hui-Zhu, Kumar, Nadimuthu, Rajan, Chakravarthy, Venkatesh, Prasanna Nori, Chua, Nam-Hai, Sarojam, Rajani
• Other Authors: Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: spearmint; secondary metabolism
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84535; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41876
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In many aromatic plants including spearmint (Mentha spicata), the sites of secondary metabolite production are tiny specialized structures called peltate glandular trichomes (PGT). Having high commercial values, these secondary metabolites are exploited largely as flavours, fragrances and pharmaceut...