Targeting Tryptophan Decarboxylase to Selected Subcellular Compartments of Tobacco Plants Affects Enzyme Stability and in Vivo Function and Leads to a Lesion-Mimic Phenotype1

• Published in: Plant physiology (Bethesda) Vol. 129; no. 3; pp. 1160 - 1169
• Main Authors: Di Fiore, Stefano, Li, Qiurong, Leech, Mark James, Schuster, Flora, Emans, Neil, Fischer, Rainer, Schillberg, Stefan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Society of Plant Physiologists 01.07.2002

Tryptophan decarboxylase (TDC) is a cytosolic enzyme that catalyzes an early step of the terpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthetic pathway by decarboxylation of l -tryptophan to produce the protoalkaloid tryptamine. In the present study, recombinant TDC was targeted to the chloroplast, cytosol, and end...