High amylose wheat
AssigneeArista Cereal Technologies Pty Limited
InventorsAhmed Regina, Matthew Kennedy Morell, Pierre Georges Louis Berbezy, Elisabeth Marie-Anne Ida Chanliaud, Bernard Duperrier
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Abstract
Provided is a Wheat grain (Triticum aestivum) comprising an embryo, starch and one, two or three SBEIIa proteins, said embryo comprising two identical alleles of an SBEIIa-A gene, two identical alleles of an SBEIIa-B gene and two identical alleles of an SBEIIa-D gene, wherein the starch has an amylose content of at least 50% (w/w) as a proportion of the extractable starch of the grain, and wherein at least one of the SBEIIa proteins is produced in the developing wheat endosperm and has starch branching enzyme activity.
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Wheat grain (Triticum aestivum) comprising an embryo, an endosperm, starch and a reduced level or activity of total SBEII protein, wherein the embryo comprises a loss of function mutation in alleles of endogenous genes of SBEIIa-A, SBEIIa-B, SBEIIa-D, SBEIIb-A, SBEIIb-B or SBEIIb-D, such that the level or activity of total SBEII protein in the grain is between 2% and 30% of the level or activity of total SBEII protein in a wild-type wheat grain, wherein
- i) said alleles include 2, 4 or 6 SBEIIb alleles which are null alleles and 5 or 6 SBEIIa alleles which each comprise a loss of function mutation, wherein at least one of the 5 or 6 SBEIIa alleles which comprises a loss of function mutation comprises a loss of function point mutation;
- ii) the grain has a germination rate of between about 70% and about 100% relative to the germination rate of a wild-type grain, and
- iii) the starch of the grain has an amylose content of at least 50% (w/w) as determined by an iodometric method.
A wheat plant (Triticum aestivum) which produces grain, the grain comprising an embryo, an endosperm, starch and a reduced level or activity of total SBEII protein, wherein the embryo comprises a loss of function mutation in alleles of endogenous genes of SBEIIa-A, SBEIIa-B, SBEIIa-D, SBEIIb-B or SBEIIb-D, such that the level or activity of total SBEII protein in the grain is between 2% and 30% of the level or activity of total SBEII protein in a wild-type wheat grain, wherein
- i) said alleles include 2, 4 or 6 SBEIIb alleles which are null alleles and 5 or 6 SBEIIa alleles which each comprise a loss of function mutation, wherein at least one of the 5 or 6 SBEIIa alleles which comprises a loss of function mutation comprises a loss of function point mutation;
- ii) the grain has a germination rate of between about 70% and about 100% relative to the germination rate of a wild-type grain;
- iii) the starch of the grain has an amylose content of at least 50% 1w w) as determined by an iodometric method, and
- iv) the wheat plant is male and female fertile.
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