Evolution of metabolic novelty: a trichome-expressed invertase creates specialized metabolic diversity in wild tomato
B. J. Leong, D. Lybrand, Y.-R. Lou, P. Fan, A. L. Schilmiller, R. L. Last
The paper identifies a trichome-expressed invertase in wild tomato that converts acylsucroses into acylglucoses, enabling specialized metabolic diversity.
bioRxiv · Dec 20, 2018Plant Biology