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US 12,543,694 B2Granted
Method for reducing nornicotine in tobacco
AssigneeBritish American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
InventorsSara Ben Khaled, Francisco Anastacio De Abreu E Lima
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of reducing the content of at least one tobacco specific nitrosamine (TSNA) or a precursor of a TSNA in tobacco comprising expressing a deregulated cation efflux protein in a tobacco plant, or plant part thereof, or plant cell.
Claims3
A tobacco plant or part thereof or tobacco plant propagation material:
- which has been modified to achieve a reduction in nornicotine compared with an unmodified tobacco plant or part thereof or tobacco plant propagation material, wherein the modified tobacco plant or part thereof or tobacco plant propagation material comprises a deregulated zinc cation efflux protein which results in said reduction in nornicotine, and wherein the deregulated zinc cation efflux protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:33 or a sequence which has at least 95% sequence identity thereto.
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