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Mining of Potential Gene Resources for Breeding Nutritionally Improved Maize
Maize is one of the leading food crops and its kernel is rich in starch, lipids, protein and other energy substances. In addition, maize kernels also contain many trace elements that are potentially beneficial to human health, such as vitamins, minerals and other secondary metabolites. However, gene...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8912576/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35270097 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants11050627 |
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author | Hou, Quancan Zhang, Tianye Sun, Kangtai Yan, Tingwei Wang, Linlin Lu, Lu Zhao, Wei Qi, Yuchen Long, Yan Wei, Xun Wan, Xiangyuan |
author_facet | Hou, Quancan Zhang, Tianye Sun, Kangtai Yan, Tingwei Wang, Linlin Lu, Lu Zhao, Wei Qi, Yuchen Long, Yan Wei, Xun Wan, Xiangyuan |
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description | Maize is one of the leading food crops and its kernel is rich in starch, lipids, protein and other energy substances. In addition, maize kernels also contain many trace elements that are potentially beneficial to human health, such as vitamins, minerals and other secondary metabolites. However, gene resources that could be applied for nutrient improvement are limited in maize. In this review, we summarized 107 genes that are associated with nutrient content from different plant species and identified 246 orthologs from the maize genome. In addition, we constructed physical maps and performed a detailed expression pattern analysis for the 246 maize potential gene resources. Combining expression profiles and their potential roles in maize nutrient improvement, genetic engineering by editing or ectopic expression of these genes in maize are expected to improve resistant starch, oil, essential amino acids, vitamins, iron, zinc and anthocyanin levels of maize grains. Thus, this review provides valuable gene resources for maize nutrient improvement. |
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spelling | pubmed-89125762022-03-11 Mining of Potential Gene Resources for Breeding Nutritionally Improved Maize Hou, Quancan Zhang, Tianye Sun, Kangtai Yan, Tingwei Wang, Linlin Lu, Lu Zhao, Wei Qi, Yuchen Long, Yan Wei, Xun Wan, Xiangyuan Plants (Basel) Review Maize is one of the leading food crops and its kernel is rich in starch, lipids, protein and other energy substances. In addition, maize kernels also contain many trace elements that are potentially beneficial to human health, such as vitamins, minerals and other secondary metabolites. However, gene resources that could be applied for nutrient improvement are limited in maize. In this review, we summarized 107 genes that are associated with nutrient content from different plant species and identified 246 orthologs from the maize genome. In addition, we constructed physical maps and performed a detailed expression pattern analysis for the 246 maize potential gene resources. Combining expression profiles and their potential roles in maize nutrient improvement, genetic engineering by editing or ectopic expression of these genes in maize are expected to improve resistant starch, oil, essential amino acids, vitamins, iron, zinc and anthocyanin levels of maize grains. Thus, this review provides valuable gene resources for maize nutrient improvement. MDPI 2022-02-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8912576/ /pubmed/35270097 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants11050627 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Hou, Quancan Zhang, Tianye Sun, Kangtai Yan, Tingwei Wang, Linlin Lu, Lu Zhao, Wei Qi, Yuchen Long, Yan Wei, Xun Wan, Xiangyuan Mining of Potential Gene Resources for Breeding Nutritionally Improved Maize |
title | Mining of Potential Gene Resources for Breeding Nutritionally Improved Maize |
title_full | Mining of Potential Gene Resources for Breeding Nutritionally Improved Maize |
title_fullStr | Mining of Potential Gene Resources for Breeding Nutritionally Improved Maize |
title_full_unstemmed | Mining of Potential Gene Resources for Breeding Nutritionally Improved Maize |
title_short | Mining of Potential Gene Resources for Breeding Nutritionally Improved Maize |
title_sort | mining of potential gene resources for breeding nutritionally improved maize |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8912576/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35270097 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants11050627 |
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