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Engineered yeast brews plant hormones

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Incorporation of the plant-derived jasmonate biosynthetic pathway into yeast enables the de novo biosynthesis of natural and unnatural jasmonates.

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Fig. 1: Modular production of jasmonates in yeast.

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Liu, L., Chen, J. Engineered yeast brews plant hormones. Nat. Synth 3, 152–153 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-023-00450-z

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