Plants expressing heterologous enzymes produce muconic acid from salicylic acid, avoiding toxic petroleum-based chemical processes.
A gene silencing cassette inhibits UMP synthase activity to increase carbohydrate accumulation in plant cells.
Segmenting the large enzyme enables local quality improvements, reducing mutagenesis costs while maintaining catalytic activity.
Targeted AOS2 gene mutations increase jasmonic acid levels to overcome complex trait transfer barriers in tetraploid potato breeding.
Overexpressing aminocyclopropane carboxylic acid deaminase in plants to degrade ethylene precursors, reducing fungal susceptibility.