Metabolic engineering of diterpene synthesis in plants

植物二萜合成的代谢工程

• 批准号: 249897-2007
• 负责人: Brandle, James
• 金额: $ 1.35万
• 依托单位: University of Western Ontario
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2007-01-01 至 2008-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=364383
• 关键词: Metabolic; engineering; diterpene; synthesis; plants

Summary of the ProposalStevia is a plant species native to the Paraguay that produces a high intensity sweetener in its leaf tissue.  This natural product can be up to 300 times sweeter than sugar and is of considerable interest to a society trying to reduce carbohydrate intake and at the same time shift towards more  natural.  The same tools used to sequence the human genome were successfully applied to Stevia in a effort to  understand the genetic and biochemical basis of sweetener production.  Now, through genetic enhancement technologies, those discoveries are to be used to bring the sweet compounds to other foods and for the production of medicines.

提案摘要甜叶菊是一种原产于巴拉圭的植物物种，其叶组织可产生高强度甜味剂。  这种天然产品的甜度最高可达糖的 300 倍，对于试图减少碳水化合物摄入量并同时转向更天然的社会来说具有相当大的兴趣。  用于人类基因组测序的相同工具已成功应用于甜叶菊，以了解甜味剂生产的遗传和生化基础。  现在，通过基因增强技术，这些发现将被用于将甜味化合物添加到其他食品中并用于生产药物。