CAS Tianjin Institute of Biotechnology (TIB) studies synthesis of mogroside sweeteners by synthetic biology

Mogrosides are cucurbitan glycoside based sweeteners and have found to exhibit interesting pharmacological activities. The group around Yuanxia SUN at TIB has elucidated the biosynthetic pathway in mangosteen fruits using transcriptome analysis and have studied first steps to express relevant genes on the pathway in S. cerevisiae.

CAS news release, April 29, 2015

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