Fig. 1.
Caffeine biosynthesis pathway. Caffeine is synthesized in young leaf from purine nucleotide. Latter two-step methylation is catalyzed by the enzyme tea caffeine synthase (TCS). SAM: S-adenosyl-methionine SAH: S-adenosyl-homocysteine.
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