The Accumulation of ±-Zein in Transgenic Tobacco Endosperm is Stabilized by Co-expression of ²-Zein

• Published in: Plant and cell physiology Vol. 45; no. 7; p. 864
• Main Authors: Coleman, Craig E, Yoho, Paula Randall, Escobar, Sonja, Ogawa, Masahiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford Publishing Limited (England) 15.07.2004

The cysteine-poor ±-zein is the major prolamin storage protein fraction in maize endosperm and is localized in the interior of protein bodies with ´-zein, whereas the hydrophobic cysteine-rich ²- and ³-zein are found on the exterior of the PB. In transgenic tobacco endosperm expressing zein genes, ±...