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CONSTRUCTS AND METHODS FOR BIOSYNTHESIS OF GALANTHAMINE
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Paragraph 0126, (2016/06/08)
The present disclosure relates generally to the identification of enzymes within the Amaryllidaceae alkaloid biosynthetic pathway as well as to engineering transgenic organisms for the production of galanthamine and/or hemanthamine and/or lycorine. Disclosed herein is the isolation and characterization of cDNAs and encoded norbelladine 4'-0-methyltransferase, CYP96T1-3, and norbelladine synthase/reductase involved in the biosynthesis of galanthamine and haemanthamine. The invention relates to a transgenic plant, comprising within its genome, and expressing, a heterologous nucleotide sequence coding for a class I O-methyltransferase, wherein the O-methyltransferase is norbelladine 4'-0-methyltransferase. In one embodiment, the norbelladine 4'-0-methyltransferase is selected from among NpN40MT1, NpN40MT2, NpN40MT3, NpN40MT4, and NpN40MT5. The invention further contemplates a method of making a transgenic plant.
