Lighting the Way: Advances in Engineering Autoluminescent Plants

D Nikki Reuter; C Neal Stewart Jr; Scott C Lenaghan

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2020.08.004

Lighting the Way: Advances in Engineering Autoluminescent Plants

Trends Plant Sci. 2020 Dec;25(12):1176-1179. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2020.08.004. Epub 2020 Sep 2.

Authors

D Nikki Reuter¹, C Neal Stewart Jr², Scott C Lenaghan³

Affiliations

¹ Center for Agricultural Synthetic Biology, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA; Department of Food Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
² Center for Agricultural Synthetic Biology, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA; Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
³ Center for Agricultural Synthetic Biology, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA; Department of Food Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA. Electronic address: slenagha@utk.edu.

PMID: 32891561
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2020.08.004

Abstract

Until recently, robust autoluminescence in plants has proven elusive. Two recent pioneering manuscripts (Khakhar et al. and Mitiouchkina et al.) expand our understanding of fungal bioluminescence to provide a new blueprint for engineering autoluminescence in plants. Here we discuss translating a fungal bioluminescence pathway into plants, along with potential future applications.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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MeSH terms

Fungi*
Luciferases
Plants* / genetics

Substances

Luciferases