CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074 China

Evolution of l ‐ DOPA 4,5‐dioxygenase activity allows for recurrent speciali...

Published in New Phytologist

The evolution of l‐DOPA 4,5‐dioxygenase activity, encoded by the gene DODA, was a key step in the origin of betalain biosynthesis in Caryophyllales. We previously proposed that l‐DOPA 4,5‐dioxygenase activity evolved via a single Caryophyllales‐specific neofunctionalisation event within the DODA gene lineage. However, this neofunctionalisation even...