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A petunia chorismate mutase specialized for the production of floral volatiles

Colquhoun, Thomas A. ; Schimmel, Bernardus C.J. ; Kim, Joo Young ; Reinhardt, Didier ; Cline, Kenneth ; Clark, David G.

In: The Plant Journal, 2010, vol. 61, no. 1, p. 145-155

In Petunia × hybrida cv. 'Mitchell Diploid' floral fragrance is comprised of 13 volatile benzenoids/phenylpropanoids derived from the aromatic amino acid phenylalanine. Several genes involved in the direct synthesis of individual floral volatile benzenoid/phenylpropanoid (FVBP) compounds, i.e. at the end of the pathway, have been isolated and characterized in petunia through reverse genetic and...