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Nullification of GFTs fortifies bioactive folates in foxtail millet.

Jianzhou PangWei ZhangYanyan ZhangShihui ZhangYannan WangHui ZhiChunyi ZhangQiuju LiangXianmin Diao
Published in: Journal of integrative plant biology (2024)
In foxtail millet (Setaria italica), knockout of the glutamate formiminotransferases SiGFT1 and 2 increased the accumulation of bioactive folates to approximately four times the level of wild-type plants and decreased levels of the bioinactive oxidation product MeFox by 95%, thus providing a promising route for folate biofortification in cereal crops.
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