Functional validation of Capsicum frutescens aminotransferase gene involved in vanillylamine biosynthesis using Agrobacterium mediated genetic transformation studies in Nicotiana tabacum and Capsicum frutescens calli cultures.
The enzyme participates in the biosynthesis of capsaicinoids in pungent cultivars of Capsicum sp. In vivo it has only been assayed in the reverse direction, where the preferred amino group acceptors were found to be pyruvate and oxaloacetate.
Functional validation of Capsicum frutescens aminotransferase gene involved in vanillylamine biosynthesis using Agrobacterium mediated genetic transformation studies in Nicotiana tabacum and Capsicum frutescens calli cultures.