2026-04-13T02:05:13Zhttps://recercat.cat/oai/requestoai:recercat.cat:10459.1/571592024-12-05T21:49:04Zcom_2072_3622col_2072_479130
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Naqvi, Shaista
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Farré Martinez, Gemma
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Zhu, Changfu
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Sandmann, Gerhard
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Capell Capell, Teresa
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Christou, Paul
2024-12-05T21:49:04Z
2024-12-05T21:49:04Z
2016-06-06T10:22:39Z2025-01-012011
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/57159
The quantity and composition of tocopherols
(compounds with vitamin E activity) vary widely
among different plant species reflecting the expression,
activity and substrate specificity of enzymes in the
corresponding metabolic pathway. Two Arabidopsis
cDNA clones corresponding to q-hydroxyphenylpyruvate
dioxygenase (HPPD) and 2-methyl-6-phytylplastoquinol
methyltransferase (MPBQ MT) were
constitutively expressed in corn to further characterize
the pathway and increase the kernel tocopherol content.
Transgenic kernels contained up to 3 times as
much c-tocopherol as their wild type counterparts
whereas other tocopherol isomers remained undetectable.
Biofortification by metabolic engineering offers a
sustainable alternative to vitamin E supplementation
for the improvement of human health.This study was supported by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain (BFU2007-61413); BIOFORCE ERC advanced grant to PC; S.N. and G.F. are recipients of Ph.D. fellowships from Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacio´n, Spain (BES-2005-9161).
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Vitamin E
Tocopherols
Metabolic engineering
Transgenic maize
Simultaneous expression of Arabidopsis ρ-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase and MPBQ methyltransferase in transgenic corn kernels triples the tocopherol content
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