Overexpression of Pepper Capsaicinoid Pathway Genes in Tomato
Received Date: Nov 08, 2023 / Published Date: Nov 30, 2023
Abstract
In this study we attempted to overexpress three pepper genes in tomato to produce spicy fruits. The three genes, BCAT (branched-chain amino acid aminotransferase), Kas (ketoacyl-ACP synthase) and CS/AT (Capsaicin synthase/acyltransferase), were separated by P2Am and T2Am sequences in a tricistronic cassette driven by the 35S promoter. The genes were expressed in transgenic tomato although tomato fruits were not spicy based on twoperson tasting evaluations. Further studies may be necessary with tissue-specific promoters.
Citation: Prakash CS, Wang YH (2023) Overexpression of Pepper CapsaicinoidPathway Genes in Tomato. J Plant Genet Breed 7: 176. Doi: 10.4172/jpgb.1000176
Copyright: © 2023 Prakash CS, et al. This is an open-access article distributedunder the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permitsunrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided theoriginal author and source are credited.
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