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This study involves the induced production of Î±-tocotrienol by the co-suppression of tocopherol cyclase gene. The tocopherol/Tocotrienol Cyclase (TC) is a key enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of Î±-tocotrienol. The partial conserved cDNA of TC gene isolated from the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) that shared greater than 75% sequence identity with TC sequences from other plant species was used to silence TC gene expression in Amaranthus sp. and Allium porrum leaves by co-suppression strategies. This was carried out using recombinant vector constructs designated as p4a11 and p4c9 containing TC driven by the maize Ubiquitin Promoter (Ubi1P) and the oil palm leaf-specific promoter (LHCB), respectively. In the Amaranthus sp. leaves infiltrated with p4a11, the Î±-tocopherol suppression was 85.0, 71.0 and 74.0% on day three, five and seven, respectively and complete suppression was observed in the leaves infiltrated with p4c9. Whereas, only 11.0, 7.0 and 29.0% suppression was detected in Allium porrum leaves infiltrated with p4a11 and 45.0, 4.0 and 57.0% of suppression was observed in Allium porrum infiltrated with p4c9 on day three, five and seven, respectively. Silencing of TC gene driven by LHCB (p4c9) causes the reduction of Î±-tocopherol production better than by Ubi1P (p4a11). The results have demonstrated that gene silencing through co-suppression is capable of producing Î±-tocotrienol. However, there is no correlation between the Î±-tocotrienol production and the Î±-tocopherol suppression. It has been suggested that the transgene mediated co-suppression mechanism had triggered the vitamin E biosynthesis metabolic pathway to shift towards producing Î±-tocotrienol

INDUCED PRODUCTION OF Î±-TOCOTRIENOL BY CO-SUPPRESSION OF TOCOPHEROL CYCLASE GENE IN VEGETABLE CROPS