Development of coenzyme Q10-enriched rice using sugary and shrunken mutants.
Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is a popular food supplement. Earlier, we successfully produced CoQ10 in rice, which normally produces predominately CoQ9. Here we developed efficient production of CoQ10 in rice by introducing the gene for decaprenyl diphosphate synthase into rice sugary and shrunken mutants. These rices produced 1.3 to 1.6 times as much CoQ10 as the earlier enriched rice did.
Takahashi
Sakiko
S
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. sakiko@affrc.go.jp
Ohtani
Toshikazu
T
Satoh
Hikaru
H
Nakamura
Yasunori
Y
Kawamukai
Makoto
M
Kadowaki
Koh-ichi
K
D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases / Q000235:genetics; D005818:Genetic Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D009154:Mutation; D012275:Oryza / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D012639:Seeds / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism
D014451:Ubiquinone; D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases; C039821:decaprenyl pyrophosphate synthetase; C024989:coenzyme Q10