Genetic engineering to improve essential and conditionally essential amino acids in maize: transporter engineering as a reference

Hasan, Md. Mahmudul; Rima, Rima

doi:10.1007/s11248-021-00235-0

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“…Amino acids are building blocks of proteins and precursors of bioactive molecules which are further subclustered into essential, non-essential, and conditionally essential amino acids ( Kumar et al, 2015 ). N-Guanyl proline acid found in landraces BG-70 and NqSC (Supplementary Data 2), is a conditionally essential amino ( Hasan & Rima, 2021 ). The presence of this amino acid indicates the abundance of the protein, proximate content, and medicinal properties in landraces BG-70 and NqSC ( Hasan & Rima, 2021 ; Kumar et al, 2015 ).…”

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Phytochemical composition of Lagenaria siceraria fruits from KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo, South Africa

Buthelezi,

Mavengahama,

Sibiya

et al. 2024

Food Chemistry: X

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Phytochemical composition of Lagenaria siceraria fruits from KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo, South Africa

Buthelezi,

Mavengahama,

Sibiya

et al. 2024

Food Chemistry: X

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“…Amino acids are building blocks of proteins and also precursors of bioactive molecules which are further subclustered into essential, non-essential and conditionally essential amino acids [44]. N-Guanyl proline acid found in landraces BG-70 and NqSC (Supplementary Data 2), is a conditionally essential amino [45]. The presence of this amino acid indicates the abundance of the protein, proximate content and medicinal properties in landraces BG-70 and NqSC [44,45].…”

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“…N-Guanyl proline acid found in landraces BG-70 and NqSC (Supplementary Data 2), is a conditionally essential amino [45]. The presence of this amino acid indicates the abundance of the protein, proximate content and medicinal properties in landraces BG-70 and NqSC [44,45]. Conditionally essential amino acids are non-essential amino acids that become vital as a response to the illnesses such as mental and neurotransmission illness, cardiovascular and gastrointestinal health, liver diseases, fatigue, cancer prevention, sepsis and diabetes [45,46].…”

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Diversity in Fruit Phytochemical Composition among <em>Lagenaria siceraria</em> Landraces

Buthelezi¹,

Mavengahama²,

Sibiya³

et al. 2023

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Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standley is a food and medicinal plant with a wide range of applica-tions including anti-proliferative, anti-fertility, anti-HIV and anti-cancerous. The current study investigated the phytochemical constituents of L. siceraria fruits using gas chromatog-raphy/mass spectrometry (GC-MS). GC-MS analysis of L. siceraria n-hexane fruits revealed five isoprenoids which were present in all investigated landraces, 1-Dodecene, 2,3-Dimethyldodecane, E-15-Heptadecenal, Eicosane and Tridecane, 6-propyl. Bioactive molecules with a lower carbon number on their chemical structure such as 1-Dodecene and 2,3-Dimethyldodecane with 12 and 14 carbon structures were recorded at a shorter retention rate range of 9.08-16.29 min over a lower relative peak area ranging from 1.09-6.97 %. While com-pounds with longer carbon chains ranging from 16-20 carbons (E-15-Heptadecenal, Eicosane and Tridecane, 6-propyl) had longer retention rate range of 13.42-18.00 mins over a higher relative peak area range of 2.25-11.41%. An agglomerative hierarchical cluster analysis grouped landrac-es into 5 clusters (I -V). Landraces were clustered according to their fruit and seed attributes, and isoprenoid units significant to each cluster. The majority of phytochemicals revealed were terpenoids, these are responsible for attracting pollinators, fruit growth, palatability and attrac-tive aromatic scents. This is the most comprehensive study on the n-hexane fruit phytochemical constituents of different L. siceraria landraces to date.

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“…RNAi has also been used to down-regulate the starchbranching enzyme resulting in high-amylose wheat, which has an amazing potential to improve human health (Man and Hong, 2013). Corn with increased essential amino acids (Hasan and Rima, 2021), improved soybean by using oil quality (Yang et al, 2018), and cotton with improved fatty acid composition have been developed with the use of RNAi. Overexpression of GmPDAT genes elevated seed size and oil content (Gao et al, 2020), whereas RNAi strains had reduced seed size and oil content of soybean (Liu et al, 2020).…”

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Advances on the application of non-coding RNA in crop improvement

Dekeba¹

2021

Afr. J. Biotechnol.

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Thanks to committed plant breeding researchers over the few decades, many problems associated with food supply and qualities have been improved. Food security is an exceptionally serious worldwide issue via world climate change, the increase in human population, and the use of plants for bioethanol production in current years. Improved tolerance to abiotic and biotic stress, resistance to herbicides, improved yield, and plants with wonderful nutritional value are essential goals of crop improvement. RNAi applications are the modern innovation that can assist in the solution for these issues. A natural protection mechanism against invading viruses, nucleic acids, and transposons non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), are identified as effector molecules in RNA-mediated gene silencing and used in the genetic modification of crops. These ncRNAs are concerned with the regulation of growth, development, and response to stress at the transcriptional and translational levels. Improving crop yields is the final purpose of molecular plant breeding. ncRNAs, along with transfer RNAs (tRNAs) and ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs), as well as small non-coding RNAs (sncRNAs) and the long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), have been recognized as essential regulators of gene expression in plants in plant immunity and adaptation to abiotic and abiotic stages biotic stress.

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Genetic engineering to improve essential and conditionally essential amino acids in maize: transporter engineering as a reference

Cited by 12 publications

References 85 publications

Phytochemical composition of Lagenaria siceraria fruits from KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo, South Africa

Phytochemical composition of Lagenaria siceraria fruits from KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo, South Africa

Diversity in Fruit Phytochemical Composition among <em>Lagenaria siceraria</em> Landraces

Advances on the application of non-coding RNA in crop improvement

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