Engineering plants tolerant to the toxic proline mimic azetidine-2-carboxylic acid through co-option of a bacterial detoxification mechanism
V Dwivedi, Meghan Boozer, Craig A. Schenck
This study introduces a bacterial detoxification mechanism to enhance plant tolerance to azetidine-2-carboxylic acid by expressing a bacterial Aze hydrolase in Arabidopsis thaliana.
bioRxiv · Sep 28, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology