Progress of vitamin E metabolic engineering in plants

被引：36

作者：

Chen, Shuangyan

Li, Hongjie

Liu, Gongshe ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Photosynth & Environm Mol Physiol, Beijing 100093, Peoples R China

[2] Chinese Acad Agr Sci, Natl Key Facil Crop Gene Resources & Genet Improv, NFCRI, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China

来源：

TRANSGENIC RESEARCH | 2006年 / 15卷 / 06期

关键词：

vitamin E; plants; metabolic engineering;

D O I：

10.1007/s11248-006-9012-8

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Vitamin E is important for human and animal health. Many human diseases, such as certain cancers and neurodegenerative and cardiovascular disease, are associated with the insufficient intake of vitamin E. The daily requirements for vitamin E in men and women have been increased to 15-30 mg. Because the primary source of dietary vitamin E comes from plants, there is a need to increase vitamin E production through plant engineering in order to meet the demand in human consumption. Numerous studies have been carried out in this field, leading to many successful examples. In this review, we summarized the recent progress in vitamin E metabolic engineering in plants aimed at improving the vitamin E content and regulating composition of vitamin E.

引用

页码：655 / 665

页数：11

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