A cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase-like scaffold organizes monoterpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis
Di Gao, Scott Galeung Alexander Mann, Binbin Chen, Yuanwei Gou, Cong Chen, Chong Qiao, Jorge Jonathan Oswaldo Garza‐García, Mohammadamin Shahsavarani, Xiaojing Jiang, Hannah Caroline Tran, Jingfei Bao, Mathew Bailey Richardson, Li J, Jacob Owen Perley, Jaewook Hwang, , Jiazhang Lian
The paper identifies VinBLAST, a scaffold protein that facilitates the biosynthesis of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids by enhancing the interaction and activity of key enzymes.
Science · Jul 16, 2026Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology