[Wilhelm Gruissem] Enhancement of vitamin B6 levels in rice expressing Arabidopsis vitamin B6 biosynthesis de novo genes
Nathalie Mangel, Jared B. Fudge, Kuan‐Te Li, Ting‐Ying Wu, Takayuki Tohge, Alisdair R. Fernie, Boris Szurek, Teresa B. Fitzpatrick, Wilhelm Gruissem, Hervé Vanderschuren, 2019 Plant Biotechnology Journal
Vitamin B6 is a key metabolic reactions and reported to have antioxidant properties in planta. Constitutive expression in rice of two Arabidopsis thaliana genes from the vitamin B6 biosynthesis de novo pathway, AtPDX1.1 and AtPDX2, increase vitamin B6 content in seeds (up to 3.1‐fold) leaves (up to 28.3‐fold) and roots (up to 12‐fold), with minimal impact on general growth.
Article source: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/tpj.14379