Lysine biofortification of crops to promote sustained human health in the 21st century

Crop biofortification is pivotal in preventing malnutrition, with lysine considered the main limiting essential amino acid (EAA) required to maintain human health. Lysine deficiency is predominant in developing countries where cereal crops are the staple food, highlighting the need for efforts aimed...

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Autores principales: Yang, Qingqing, Zhao, Dongsheng, Zhang, Chuangquan, Sreenivasulu, Nese, Sun, Samuel Sai-Ming, Liu, Qiaoquan
Formato: Journal Article
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Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/164172
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author Yang, Qingqing
Zhao, Dongsheng
Zhang, Chuangquan
Sreenivasulu, Nese
Sun, Samuel Sai-Ming
Liu, Qiaoquan
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Sreenivasulu, Nese
Sun, Samuel Sai-Ming
Yang, Qingqing
Zhang, Chuangquan
Zhao, Dongsheng
author_facet Yang, Qingqing
Zhao, Dongsheng
Zhang, Chuangquan
Sreenivasulu, Nese
Sun, Samuel Sai-Ming
Liu, Qiaoquan
author_sort Yang, Qingqing
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description Crop biofortification is pivotal in preventing malnutrition, with lysine considered the main limiting essential amino acid (EAA) required to maintain human health. Lysine deficiency is predominant in developing countries where cereal crops are the staple food, highlighting the need for efforts aimed at enriching the staple diet through lysine biofortification. Successful modification of aspartate kinase (AK) and dihydrodipicolinate synthase (DHDPS) feedback inhibition has been used to enrich lysine in transgenic rice plants without yield penalty, while increases in the lysine content of quality protein maize have been achieved via marker-assisted selection. Here, we reviewed the lysine metabolic pathway and proposed the use of metabolic engineering targets as the preferred option for fortification of lysine in crops. Use of gene editing technologies to translate the findings and engineer lysine catabolism is thus a pioneering step forward.
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spelling CGSpace1641722024-12-22T05:44:59Z Lysine biofortification of crops to promote sustained human health in the 21st century Yang, Qingqing Zhao, Dongsheng Zhang, Chuangquan Sreenivasulu, Nese Sun, Samuel Sai-Ming Liu, Qiaoquan physiology plant science Crop biofortification is pivotal in preventing malnutrition, with lysine considered the main limiting essential amino acid (EAA) required to maintain human health. Lysine deficiency is predominant in developing countries where cereal crops are the staple food, highlighting the need for efforts aimed at enriching the staple diet through lysine biofortification. Successful modification of aspartate kinase (AK) and dihydrodipicolinate synthase (DHDPS) feedback inhibition has been used to enrich lysine in transgenic rice plants without yield penalty, while increases in the lysine content of quality protein maize have been achieved via marker-assisted selection. Here, we reviewed the lysine metabolic pathway and proposed the use of metabolic engineering targets as the preferred option for fortification of lysine in crops. Use of gene editing technologies to translate the findings and engineer lysine catabolism is thus a pioneering step forward. 2022-03-02 2024-12-19T12:53:32Z 2024-12-19T12:53:32Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/164172 en Oxford University Press Yang, Qingqing; Zhao, Dongsheng; Zhang, Chuangquan; Sreenivasulu, Nese; Sun, Samuel Sai-Ming and Liu, Qiaoquan. 2022. Lysine biofortification of crops to promote sustained human health in the 21st century. Journal of Experimental Botany, erab482.
spellingShingle physiology
plant science
Yang, Qingqing
Zhao, Dongsheng
Zhang, Chuangquan
Sreenivasulu, Nese
Sun, Samuel Sai-Ming
Liu, Qiaoquan
Lysine biofortification of crops to promote sustained human health in the 21st century
title Lysine biofortification of crops to promote sustained human health in the 21st century
title_full Lysine biofortification of crops to promote sustained human health in the 21st century
title_fullStr Lysine biofortification of crops to promote sustained human health in the 21st century
title_full_unstemmed Lysine biofortification of crops to promote sustained human health in the 21st century
title_short Lysine biofortification of crops to promote sustained human health in the 21st century
title_sort lysine biofortification of crops to promote sustained human health in the 21st century
topic physiology
plant science
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/164172
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