Researchers have revealed the synthetic pathway that the Chilean soapbark tree, Quillaja Saponaria, follows to make saponins. They did it by installing genes for the pathway enzymes into a tobacco relative, Nicotiana benthamiana, to generate soapbark compounds in leaves. The effort was undertaken because some saponins – triterpene glycosides – are essential to some of […]
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