Abstract:
:Potato has been genetically engineered for the production of commercially important ketocarotenoids including astaxanthin (3,3'-dihydroxy 4,4'-diketo-beta-carotene). To support the formation of 3-hydroxylated and 4-ketolated beta-carotene, a transgenic potato line accumulating zeaxanthin due to inactivated zeaxanthin epoxidase was co-transformed with the crtO beta-carotene ketolase gene from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis under a constitutive promoter. Plants were generated which exhibited expression of this gene, resulting in an accumulation of echinenone, 3'-hydroxyechinenone, and 4-ketozeaxanthin in leaves, as well as 3'-hydroxyechinenone, 4-ketozeaxanthin together with astaxanthin in the tuber. The amount of ketocarotenoids formed represent approximately 10-12% of total carotenoids in leaves and tubers. Negative effects on photosynthesis due to the presence of the ketocarotenoids in leaves could be excluded by the determination of variable fluorescence.
journal_name
J Exp Botjournal_title
Journal of experimental botanyauthors
Gerjets T,Sandmann Gdoi
10.1093/jxb/erl103subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-01-01 00:00:00pages
3639-45issue
14eissn
0022-0957issn
1460-2431pii
erl103journal_volume
57pub_type
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