申请人:Plant Research International B.V.
公开号:EP1231273A1
公开(公告)日:2002-08-14
The invention relates to the field of genetic engineering, flavor, fragrance and bio-control agent development. More specifically it relates to a process for production of natural flavors, fragrances or bio-control agents by the control of one or more genes implicated in that process. The invention provides an isolated or recombinant nucleic acid or functional fragment thereof encoding a proteinaceous molecule essentially capable of flavor, fragrance and/or bio-control agent synthesis when provided with a suitable substrate under appropriate reaction conditions. The invention further provides a nucleic acid or functional fragment thereof encoding a proteinaceous molecule essentially capable of synthesizing at least a monoterpene alcohol linalool when contacted with geranyl diphosphate (GDP) and/or at least a sesquiterpene alcohol nerolidol when contacted with farnesyl diphosphate (FDP) under appropriate reaction conditions.
本发明涉及基因工程、香精香料和生物控制剂开发领域。更具体地说,它涉及一种通过控制与该过程有关的一个或多个基因来生产天然香精、香料或生物控制剂的过程。本发明提供了一种分离的或重组的核酸或其功能片段,当在适当的反应条件下提供合适的底物时,编码的蛋白分子基本上能够合成香精、香料和/或生物控制剂。本发明进一步提供了一种核酸或其功能片段,该核酸或其功能片段编码的蛋白分子在适当的反应条件下,当与二磷酸香叶酯(GDP)接触时,基本上能够合成至少一种单萜醇芳樟醇,和/或当与二磷酸法呢基酯(FDP)接触时,至少能够合成一种倍半萜醇橙花醇。