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Expression of alternansucrase in potato plants.


ABSTRACT: Alternan, which consists of alternating alpha-(1-->3)/alpha-(1-->6)-linked glucosyl residues, was produced in potato tubers by expressing a mature alternansucrase (Asr) gene from Leuconostoc mesenteroides NRRL B-1355 in potato. Detection of alternan was performed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in tuber juices, revealing a concentration between 0.3 and 1.2 mg g(-1) fresh wt. The Asr transcript levels correlated well with alternan accumulation in tuber juices. It appeared that the expression of sucrose-regulated starch-synthesizing genes (ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase subunit S and granule-bound starch synthase I) was down-regulated. Despite this, the physico-chemical properties of the transgenic starches were unaltered. These results are compared to those obtained with other transgenic potato plants producing mutan [alpha-(1-->3)-linked glucosyl residues] and dextran [alpha-(1-->6)-linked glucosyl residues].

SUBMITTER: Kok-Jacon GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1914260 | biostudies-other | 2007 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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