An alanine to valine mutation of glutamyl-tRNA reductase enhances 5-aminolevulinic acid synthesis in rice.
Meng JiangShang DaiYun-Chao ZhengRui-Qing LiYuan-Yuan TanGang PanIan Max MøllerShi-Yong SongJian-Zhong HuangQing-Yao ShuPublished in: TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik (2022)
mutation underlies suppression of the xantha trait, experimentally proves the enzymatic activity of rice GluRS, GluTR, and GSAT in ALA synthesis, and uncovers conservation of the alanine corresponding to the 510th amino acid of OsGluTR across plant species.