Publications by authors named "Latai An"
Acta Pharm Sin B
August 2024
Article Synopsis
- Coumarins, which are important metabolites in flowering plants (angiosperms), have diverse structures formed through specific ring alignments, but their biosynthesis is not fully understood.
- The study presents a comprehensive genome assembly revealing key enzymes involved in coumarin diversity, including hydroxylases and prenyltransferases essential for different coumarin structures.
- It suggests that evolutionary processes, like gene duplications, have influenced coumarin diversity in these plants, highlighting a potential for industrial production of coumarins through synthetic biology techniques.
