METHOD OF ELEVATING GGT ACTIVITY OF PLANT, PLANT WITH ELEVATED GGT ACTIVITY AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING THE SAME

摘要

The present invention describes a novel plant having increased activity of glutamate glyoxylate aminotransferase (GGT), a method of producing the plant, a seed of the plant, and a plant having an increased amino acid content. The present invention more specifically provides a plant which is improved in the content of at least one of the amino acid selected from the group consisting of serine, arginine, glutamine, and asparagine, and a method of producing the plant, as well as the seed of the plant. A plant having increased GGT activity is produced by mutagenesis, introduction of a nucleic acid molecule and the like. A genetic construction being capable of enhancing the expression of a GGT gene, particularly a genetic construct being capable of expressing a GGT gene and/or increasing the level of an endogenous gene having GGT activity is introduced into a plant.