Article
Improving nutritional quality of maize proteins by expressing sense and antisense zein genes.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry - 7 Apr 2004
Huang Shihshieh, Adams Whitney R, Zhou Qing, Malloy Kathleen P, Voyles Dale A, Anthony Jan, Kriz Alan L, Luethy Michael H
Abstract excerpt
The predominant proteins in maize grain are a family of alcohol-soluble prolamin storage proteins called zeins. They account for >50% of total seed proteins but are deficient in several essential amino acids. As a result, the corn grain is considered to be nutritionally poor for monogastric animals with respect to key essential amino acids, most notably lysine, tryptophan, and methionine. Thus, corn mutants with...
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