title: Transgenically Expressed Betaine Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Efficiently Catalyzes Oxidation of Dimethylsulfoniopropionaldehyde and [omega]-Aminoaldehydes.
abstract: Tobacco (Nicotianum tabacum L.) plants engineered to express a sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase (BADH) cDNA acquired not only BADH activity, but also three other aldehyde dehydrogenase activities (those measured with 3-dimethylsulfoniopropionaldehyde, 3-aminopropionaldehyde, and 4-aminobutyraldehyde, all of which are natural products). This shows that BADH is not, as believed up to now, a substrate-specific enzyme and that its role may not be limited to glycine betaine synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611.
authors.forename: C.
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Trossat
authors.forename: B.
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rathinasabapathi
authors.forename: A. D.
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Hanson