Patent ID: 11396646

Abstract:
Polynucleotides encoding corresponding polypeptides capable of glycosylating steviol at its C-19 position to produce a steviol glycoside, an expression vector including such a polynucleotide, a method for producing a steviol glycoside by culturing a recombinant host cell containing such an expression vector under conditions in which the cell expresses the UDP-glycosyltransferase from the polynucleotide, and a method for producing a steviol glycoside by contacting a composition including steviol with a recombinant UDP-glycosyltransferase. The steviol glycoside can be steviol-19-O-glycoside. The recombinant host cell containing such an expression vector can be a bacterial cell, a plant cell, or a fungal cell, an animal cell, or a multicellular organism such as a plant.