Methods and compositions for production of floral scent compounds

摘要

Purified BAMT proteins that function in floral scent production are provided. The proteins are enzymes that advantageously function in the formation of floral scent compounds, such as methyl benzoate. Nucleotide sequences encoding functional BAMT proteins are also provided. The invention also provides recombinant vectors including the nucleotide sequence encoding BAMT, host cells that include the recombinant vectors described herein, transgenic plants, methods of expressing proteins, including BAMT, and methods of transforming host cells.