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The role of plastid-located lipoxygenase in aroma volatile production in tomato fruit
Reference
D14006
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Donald Grierson
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
University of Nottingham
Department
Sch of Biosciences
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
223,396
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
01/01/2001
End date
06/03/2004
Duration
38 months
Abstract
The aim of the research programme is to critically evaluate the role of TomloxC, a plastid-located tomato lipoxygenase, in fruit aroma volatile production. We have previously demonstrated that aroma volatile production was unaffected by antisense inhibition of two of the three lipoxygenase genes expressed in tomato fruit. This suggests that the third lipoxygenase, TomloxC is specifically responsible for production of the major tomato fruit aroma compounds hexenal and hexanal. TomloxC will be over-expressed or down-regulated in both transgenic wild type fruit and those of a ripening mutant (rin) with poor flavour/aroma, and the effect of aroma volatiles determined. Substrate specificity of TomloxC, and the identity of reaction products will be investigated following expression of TomloxC in E. coli.
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Committee
Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
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