Theobroma cacao caffeine synthesis (Theobroma cacao)

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Theobroma cacao caffeine synthesis

[Convergent Biochemical Pathways for Xanthine Alkaloid Production in Plants Evolved from Ancestral Enzymes with Different Catalytic Properties](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8233510/)

[Convergent evolution of caffeine in plants by co-option of exapted ancestral enzymes](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5035902/)

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Bibliography

  1. Huang R, O'Donnell AJ, Barboline JJ, Barkman TJ; ''Convergent evolution of caffeine in plants by co-option of exapted ancestral enzymes.''; Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2016 PubMed Europe PMC Scholia
  2. O'Donnell AJ, Huang R, Barboline JJ, Barkman TJ; ''Convergent Biochemical Pathways for Xanthine Alkaloid Production in Plants Evolved from Ancestral Enzymes with Different Catalytic Properties.''; Mol Biol Evol, 2021 PubMed Europe PMC Scholia

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NameTypeDatabase referenceComment
3-methylxanthineMetabolite
TcCS1GeneProduct
TcCS2GeneProduct
TheobromineMetabolite
XanthinMetabolite
caffeineMetabolite

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