The shikimate pathway is fundamental for the biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids—tryptophan, tyrosine and phenylalanine—in plants, bacteria and fungi. This pathway, which is absent in mammals, has ...

Long-lived perennial plants, with distinctive habits of inter-annual growth, defense, and physiology, are of great economic and ecological importance. However, some biological mechanisms resulting ...

However, the metabolic origin of the precursor phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP), which fuels anthocyanin biosynthesis in petals, has remained unclear. This study identifies PhENO1 and PhPPT as the key gene ...