Journal
JOURNAL OF CEREAL SCIENCE
Volume 60, Issue 1, Pages 255-263Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcs.2014.04.004
Keywords
Quality protein maize; Endosperm modification; Starch; Zeins
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- CONACYT [167584]
- PROMEP
- PROFAPI, Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa
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Genetic analysis using quality protein maize (QPM) recombinant inbred lines derived from K0326Y QPM and W64A02 identified three quantitative trait loci (QTL) in bins 1.06, 7.02 and 9.03 associated with opaque2 endosperm modification. We evaluated the effects of these QTLs on protein accumulation and starch physicochemical properties. The QTL in bin 1.06 is close to a-zein genes, and vitreous individuals with this QTL had increased accumulation of 19-kDa alpha-zein, 27-kDa gamma-zein and legumin-1. The QTL in bin 7.02 corresponds to the gamma-zein locus, and greater accumulation of this protein was found in vitreous individuals. The QTL in bin 9.03 is close to starch biosynthetic genes; greater accumulation of granule-bound starch synthase and amylose was observed in vitreous kernel samples with this locus and that in bin 1.06, as well as less gelatinization enthalpy and crystallinity. Vitreous kernels contained angular-shaped/compact starch granules and more short-intermediate length chains of amylopectin. These results support that endosperm modification in QPM is associated with increased accumulation of gamma-zein and other storage proteins, but also show that synthesis of less crystalline starch with more amorphous regions at the periphery of granules, which favor their packing and association with endosperm proteins, may also be an important factor. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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