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UNCLE: Understanding nitrogen and carbohydrate metabolism for legume engineering

Reference	BBS/E/J/00001108
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Rod Casey
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	John Innes Centre
Department	John Innes Centre Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	108,305
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/1997
End date	30/11/1999
Duration	32 months

Abstract

The manipulation of the quantity and quality of the storage compounds (protein, starch, oil and sugar) of plant seeds, which represent 70% of man's dietary intake of protein and energy, has wide-ranging implications. Additionally, the use of seeds as bioreactors" to produce high-value products by gene/protein farming is becoming increasingly significant. This project, which includes genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology and studies of seed development and metabolism, aims to provide regulatory elements to enable expression of transgenes in a regulated fashion in seeds, and to examine the relationship between protein synthesis/gene expression and carbohydrate metabolism in mutant and transgenic legumes in which carbohydrate metabolism has been perturbed. Such grain legumes will have modified seed composition/quality. The regulatory elements will enable alterations in seed composition of transgenic plants, eventually including the production of new compounds for industry.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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