METHODS OF PRODUCING HIGH LEVELS OF BETALAIN PIGMENTS AND L-DOPA IN PLANT TISSUES

Fuente: WIPO "tomato"
The present invention provides constructs for introducing the betalain biosynthetic pathway and producing high levels of betalain pigments in plants. The constructs may comprise one or more polynucleotides encoding the enzymes L-DOPA 4, 5 -dioxygenase (DODA), cDOPA 5-O-glucosyltransferase (cD0PA5GT), and CYP76AD1. Plants comprising the constructs and methods of using the plants or betalains produced by the plants are also provided.