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Rhamnosyl-tranferase gene and uses thereof

a technology of rhamnosyltransferase and gene, applied in the direction of transferases, enzymology, biochemistry apparatus and processes, etc., can solve the problems of bitterness of whole fruit or home-prepared juice, classical plant breeding programs, and difficult to yield identical varieties

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-04-28
GRESSEL JONATHAN +2
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Benefits of technology

This approach effectively reduces bitterness in grapefruits and other citrus fruits, enabling the production of neohesperidin dihydrochalcone, a valuable sweetener, and provides a sustainable solution for fruit bitterness modification without de-bittering processes.

Problems solved by technology

Evidently, this procedure does not solve the problem of bitterness of whole fruit or home prepared juice.
However, because of high heterozygousity of the commercial citrus varieties, classical plant breeding programs, will be hard put to yield identical varieties, yet having significantly less bitter fruit by reducing naringin.
Currently, world-wide production of this NHDC is limited by the amount of neohesperidin and naringin available from these lesser grown Citrus species (less than 10% of total Citrus cultivated).
Unfortunately, the vast majority of citrus processed (oranges) contain large amounts of the hesperidin, an isomer having the terminal rhamnose attached by a 1→6 linkage instead of the 1→2 linkage.
Hesperidin cannot be converted to the sweetener and is currently a waste by-product.

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[0096] Reference is now made to the following examples, which together with the above descriptions, illustrate the invention in a non limiting fashion.

Isolation of a Gene Encoding a flavanone-7-O-glucoside-2″-O-rhamnosyl-transferase.

[0097] Previous attempts to isolate the gene based on purified protein were unsuccessful. These included cDNA library screens using oligonucleotides as well as antibodies. The successful approach, RT-PCR using degenerate primers followed by RACE is described herein.

[0098] A cDNA expression library of pomelo young leaves was constructed in Lambda-gt111. Antibodies prepared against pomelo 1-2 rhamnosyl-transferase were used to screen this library. Positive-looking clones were later found to be artifacts in that they did not contain a relevant sequence.

[0099] Several oligonucleotides were designed according to the partial peptide sequence and were used to screen the above library by standard techniques. Any resulting clones were irrelevant.

[0100] Thus,...

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Abstract

An isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having a flavanone-7-O-glucoside-2″-O-rhamnosyl-transferase catalytic activity and its uses.

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FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a nucleic acid encoding a 1-2-rhamnosyl-transferase and uses thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to a multistep process of converting hesperidin from orange peels to the sweetener neohesperidin dihydrochalcone (NHDC), in which, in one of the steps, 1-2-rhamnosyl-transferase in the presence of activated rhamnose is used in a rhamnosylation reaction to convert hesperidinase-treated hesperidin (H7G) to neohesperidin. Further particularly, the present invention relates to genetically modified plants of the Citrus genus including an antisense or sense (for co-suppression) construct which comprises the above nucleic acid or a gene knock-out integrated construct to provide less bitter grapefruits, pomelos and other citrus containing bitter flavanoid glycosides. [0002] The bitter flavanones naringin and neohesperidin (FIG. 1) are produced only in young leaves and fruits of a few citrus specie...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C12N9/10C12N15/82
CPCC12N15/8243C12N9/1051
Inventor GRESSEL, JONATHANEYAL, YORAMFLUHR, ROBERT
Owner GRESSEL JONATHAN