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Cisgenic barley with improved phytase activity.

Authors :
Holme, Inger B.
Dionisio, Giuseppe
Brinch‐Pedersen, Henrik
Wendt, Toni
Madsen, Claus K.
Vincze, Eva
Holm, Preben B.
Source :
Plant Biotechnology Journal; Feb2012, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p237-247, 11p
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

Summary The cisgenesis concept implies that plants are transformed only with their own genetic materials or genetic materials from closely related species capable of sexual hybridization. Furthermore, foreign sequences such as selection genes and vector-backbone sequences should be absent. We used a barley phytase gene ( HvPAPhy_a) expressed during grain filling to evaluate the cisgenesis concept in barley. The marker gene elimination method was used to obtain marker-free plant lines. Here, the gene of interest and the selection gene are flanked by their own T-DNA borders to allow unlinked integration of the two genes. We analysed the transformants for co-transformation efficiency, increased phytase activities in the grain, integration of the kanamycin resistance gene of the vector-backbone and segregation between the HvPAPhy_a insert and the hygromycin resistance gene. The frequencies of the four parameters imply that it should be possible to select 11 potentially cisgenic T<subscript>1</subscript>-lines out of the 72 T<subscript>0</subscript>-lines obtained, indicating that the generation of cisgenic barley is possible at reasonable frequencies with present methods. We selected two potential cisgenic lines with a single extra copy of the HvPAPhy_a insert for further analysis. Seeds from plants homozygous for the insert showed 2.6- and 2.8-fold increases in phytase activities and the activity levels were stable over the three generations analysed. In one of the selected lines, the flanking sequences from both the left and right T-DNA borders were analysed. These sequences confirmed the absence of truncated vector-backbone sequences linked to the borders. The described line should therefore be classified as cisgenic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
14677644
Volume :
10
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Plant Biotechnology Journal
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
70073997
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7652.2011.00660.x