Title: Chapter Eight Mechanisms and applications of transcriptional control of phenylpropanoid metabolism
Abstract: This chapter focuses on the mechanisms and applications of the transcriptional control of phenylpropanoid metabolism. The phenylpropanoid pathway represents a relatively well-understood metabolic route for which a number of regulatory genes have been identified and cloned. The use of regulatory genes to define the patterns of metabolism and the kinetics of response of anthocyanin biosynthesis illustrates the versatility of this means of control. Manipulation of these regulatory genes can lead to the manipulation of phenylpropanoid metabolism and the engineering of improved traits for both humans and plants. By using this system as a model for the control of secondary metabolism generally, functional genomic approaches to the identification of transcription factors controlling secondary metabolism should represent the most direct means of generating the tools for the manipulation of flux of all secondary metabolic pathways in plants.
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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