Journal
PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE
Volume 96, Issue 2, Pages 161-170Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-008-9472-z
Keywords
ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase; Lettuce; Upreg
Funding
- National Institute of agricultural Biotechnology, RDA [05-5-11-22-3]
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In this study, the uses of the mutated genes, upreg1 and upreg2, encoding upregulated ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (AGPase) large subunits with increased enzymatic activity, to improve crop yield productivity was evaluated in vitro and in planta. For in vitro examination, wild type and upregs were co-expressed with three different AGPase small subunit genes from potato and perilla to produce nine AGPase isoforms. In kinetic experiments, 3-Phosphoglycerate increased the V (max) and decreased the K (M) for the recombinant AGPase. Regardless of the specific small subunit, Upreg-type AGPases had much larger increases in enzymatic activity with concomitant decreases in values as compared to the wild type enzyme. Transformation of lettuce with the upreg1 gene altered the regulatory properties of leaf AGPase. AGPases from transgenic lettuce showed greater 3-PGA activation and lower Pi inhibition than was observed for wild type AGPase. Fresh weights of the aerial parts of transgenic plants were larger than non-transgenic controls. Based on these results, upreg mutant genes could be used for the genetic improvement of plant AGPases other than potato and effectively increase crop yield productivity.
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