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biotechnology | transgenic plants expressing serine acetyltransferase and cysteine synthase can mitigate detrimental effects of cadmium toxicity, perhaps by efficiently producing and accumulating sulfuric compounds | Oryza sativa |
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Cysteine synthase | - |
Oryza sativa |
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malfunction | transgenic Ipomoea aquatica plants, which simultaneously express two genes encoding serine acetyltransferase and cysteine synthase are created. Transgenic plants are shown to rapidly grow and to accumulate sulfate at a high level. Upon hydroponical cultivation in the presence of 200 mM cadmium for 7 days, two transgenic lines (SR1 and SR2) accumulate 2- to 4fold higher levels of cysteine and glutathione than the wild type control plants. When plantlets are exposed to 100 mM cadmium for 30 days, wild type and transgenic SR2 plantlets die, whereas transgenic SR1 exhibit a 1.7fold increase in total biomass in comparison with the initial weight at day-0 of cadmium treatment | Oryza sativa |