Purdue scientists nail down important plant compound pathway
Purdue University industrial plant molecular biochemist Natalia Dudareva and co-worker have described a complete 2d pathway used by plants to raise phenylalanine , a compound crucial for all live being . Phenylalanine is a construction block of proteins and the forerunner to thousand of compound . plant use these compounds as aromatics to pull pollinators , for defence mechanism , reproduction , ontogeny and ontogeny . Humans must get phenylalanine from plants , and they also use raw products derive from this compound in flavors , redolence , biofuels , insecticide and pharmaceutic ....