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ArticleScientific reports2018

Identification of OsGGR2, a second geranylgeranyl reductase involved in α-tocopherol synthesis in rice.

Eiichi Kimura, Takumi Abe, Kazumasa Murata, Toshiyuki Kimura, Yurika Otoki, Taiji Yoshida, Teruo Miyazawa, Kiyotaka Nakagawa

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Eiichi KimuraNational Agricultural Research Center for Tohoku Region, NARO, Morioka, Iwate, 020-0198, Japan.
Takumi AbeFood and Biodynamic Chemistry Laboratory, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980 - 0845, Japan.
Kazumasa MurataAgricultural Research Institute, Toyama Prefectural Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries Research Center, Toyama, Toyama, 939-8153, Japan.
Toshiyuki KimuraDivision of Food Function Research, Food Research Institute, NARO, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8642, Japan.
Yurika OtokiFood and Biodynamic Chemistry Laboratory, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980 - 0845, Japan.
Taiji YoshidaNational Agricultural Research Center for Tohoku Region, NARO, Morioka, Iwate, 020-0198, Japan.
Teruo MiyazawaFood and Biotechnology Innovation Project, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center (NICHe), Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8579, Japan.
Kiyotaka NakagawaFood and Biodynamic Chemistry Laboratory, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980 - 0845, Japan. nkgw@m.tohoku.ac.jp.
Tohoku University · JPTohoku Agricultural Research Center · JPFood Research Institute · JPToyama Prefectural Agricultural, Forestry & Fisheries Research Center · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tocopherol (Toc) and tocotrienol (T3) are abundant in rice bran. Geranylgeranyl reductase (GGR) is an essential enzyme for Toc production that catalyzes the reduction of geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate and geranylgeranyl-chlorophyll. However, we found that a rice mutant line with inactivated Os02g0744900 (OsGGR1/LYL1/OsChl P) gene produces Toc, suggesting that rice plants may carry another enzyme with GGR activity. Using an RNA-mediated interference technique, we demonstrated that the Os01g0265000 ("OsGGR2") gene product has GGR activity. This result supports the existence of two GGR genes (OsGGR1 and OsGGR2) in rice, in contrast to Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) and cyanobacterium Synechocystis that each have only one GGR gene. We also produced rice callus with inactivated OsGGR1 and OsGGR2 that produced T3 but not Toc. Such rice callus could be used as a resource for production of pure T3 for nutraceutical applications.

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Gene Expression Regulation, Plantalpha-TocopherolAmino Acid SequenceArabidopsisOryzaOxidoreductasesPlants, Genetically ModifiedSequence HomologySynechocystisalpha-Tocopherolgeranylgeranyl reductaseOxidoreductases

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PMID29382838
PMCPMC5789843
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