title: Development of coenzyme Q10-enriched rice using sugary and shrunken mutants.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. sakiko@affrc.go.jp
authors.forename: Sakiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Toshikazu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohtani
authors.forename: Hikaru
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: Yasunori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawamukai
authors.forename: Koh-ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kadowaki
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D014451:Ubiquinone; D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases; C039821:decaprenyl pyrophosphate synthetase; C024989:coenzyme Q10