Bt rice | BCH-LMO-SCBD-115916 | Living Modified Organism | Biosafety Clearing-House

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Bt rice
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PE-7
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The rice (Oryza sativa) was modified for resistance to Lepidoptera pests (e.g. yellow stem borer) through the expression of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac. The protein forms pores in the midgut lining of susceptible pests, leading to cell lysis and septicemia. Additionally, the rice contains an Escherichia coli hygromycin B phosphotransferase cassette for hygromycin selection during transformation and beta-glucuronidase as a reporter.
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The term “Recipient organism” refers to an organism (either already modified or non-modified) that was subjected to genetic modification, whereas “Parental organisms” refers to those that were involved in cross breeding or cell fusion.
Rice line MPH-I
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  • Bt rice
    | Resistance to antibiotics (Hygromycin), Resistance to diseases and pests (Insects, Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)), Selectable marker genes and reporter genes
  • Bt rice
    | Resistance to antibiotics (Hygromycin), Resistance to diseases and pests (Insects, Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)), Selectable marker genes and reporter genes
Characteristics of the modification process
pMH0102 and pCAMBIA1201
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  • Agrobacterium-mediated DNA transfer
 
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Some of these genetic elements may be present as fragments or truncated forms. Please see notes below, where applicable.
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-100366-6 CaMV Enhanced 35S promoter | Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV)
    Promoter
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-14986-6 Cry1Ac | Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt, Bacillus, BACTU)
    Protein coding sequence | Resistance to diseases and pests (Insects, Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths))
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-14991-8 Hygromycin B phosphotransferase gene | Escherichia coli (ECOLX)
    Protein coding sequence | Resistance to antibiotics (Hygromycin),Selectable marker genes and reporter genes
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-100290-6 CaMV 35S terminator | Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV)
    Terminator
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-100287-7 CaMV 35S promoter | Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV)
    Promoter
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-114274-2 Catalase 1 intron | Ricinus communis (Castor bean)
    Intron
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-46004-7 Beta-glucuronidase coding sequence | Escherichia coli (ECOLX)
    Protein coding sequence | Selectable marker genes and reporter genes
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-100269-8 Nopaline Synthase Gene Terminator | Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Agrobacterium)
    Terminator
The rice was modified using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. The Rhizobium radiobacter (Agrobacterium) contained two transformation plasmids pMH0102 (Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein cry1Ab) and pCAMBIA1201 (Escherichia coli hygromycin B phosphotransferase (hpt) and E. coli beta-glucuronidase (gus)).

Transcription of  cry1Ac starts from the Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) enhanced 35S promoter and ends at a terminator. Transcription is expected to occur at elevated levels due to the nature of the CaMV promoter.

Transcription of hpt is under control of a CaMV enhanced 35S promoter and CaMV 35S terminator. Due to the nature of the CaMV promoter, transcription is expected to occur at elevated levels.

Transcription of gus is under control of a CaMV 35S promoter and a R. radiobacter nopaline synthase terminator. The gus sequence has a Ricinus communis catalase 1 intron at the 5' of the coding sequence for expression in plant, but not bacterial systems. The CaMV promoter induces high levels of transcription.

Note:
- Segregation analysis indicated that the genome contains a single insertion of the cry1Ac coding sequence.
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LMO characteristics
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  • Food
Detection method(s)
Kindly refer to the attached patent in the 'Additional information' section below.
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Additional Information
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