Culture of transgenic Glycyrrhiza uralensis hairy root with licorice squalene synthase (SQS) gene.
- Author:
Hongyu LU
1
;
Jingmei LIU
;
Haichao ZHANG
;
Shanlin GAO
Author Information
1. School of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524045, China. irislhy@126.com
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Cells, Cultured;
Farnesyl-Diphosphate Farnesyltransferase;
genetics;
metabolism;
Glycyrrhiza uralensis;
enzymology;
genetics;
growth & development;
metabolism;
Glycyrrhizic Acid;
metabolism;
Molecular Sequence Data;
Plant Proteins;
genetics;
metabolism;
Plant Roots;
enzymology;
genetics;
growth & development;
metabolism;
Plants, Genetically Modified;
enzymology;
genetics;
growth & development;
metabolism
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2009;34(15):1890-1893
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
A squalene synthase gene cloned (GuSQS1, accession number in GenBank database: AM182329) from Glycyrrhiza uralensis was transferred into G. uralensis via Agrobacterium rhizogenes A4 for investigating biosynthesis pathway and enhancing synthesis of glycyrrhizic acid (GA). Hypocotyl explants from G. uralensis were infected with A. rhizogenes A4 containing GuSQS1 gene to induce the hairy roots. The hairy root lines established were selected in medium containing 0.8 mg x L(-1) phosphinothricin (PPT) and analyzed by PCR and southern blotting. The transgenic hairy roots were cultured in liquid MS medium. GA contents in transgenic hairy roots were detected by HPLC. Results showed that maximal GA content in transgenic hairy root lines was 3.6 times as high as in wild type hairy roots.
