Machine learning discovery of missing links that mediate alternative branches to plant alkaloids

Producing plant secondary metabolites by microbes is limited by the known enzymatic reactions. Here, the authors apply machine learning to predict missing link enzymes of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid (BIA) biosynthesis in Papaver somniferum, and validate the specialized activities through heterologou...

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Main Authors: Christopher J. Vavricka, Shunsuke Takahashi, Naoki Watanabe, Musashi Takenaka, Mami Matsuda, Takanobu Yoshida, Ryo Suzuki, Hiromasa Kiyota, Jianyong Li, Hiromichi Minami, Jun Ishii, Kenji Tsuge, Michihiro Araki, Akihiko Kondo, Tomohisa Hasunuma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28883-8