Method for increasing glutamate content of plants and the plants having increased glutamate content
AssigneesAjinomoto Co., Inc., Kazusa DNA Research Institute
InventorsDaisuke Igarashi, Chieko Ohsumi
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for increasing glutamate content of plants and/or seeds by deleting or reducing GGT activity, and also plants and/or seeds having deleted or reduced GGT activity, particularly having a glutamate content higher than that of corresponding wild type plants cultivated under the same conditions.
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A plant wherein the activity of glutamate glyoxylate aminotransferase is lacked or reduced.
A method of increasing the glutamate content in a plant and/or a seed compared to the corresponding wild type plant which is cultivated under the same condition, comprising the step of causing a defect or a reduction in the activity of glutamate glyoxylate transferase.
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