IFD-25947-1 - Moonpearl carnation | BCH-LMO-SCBD-104608 | Living Modified Organism | Biosafety Clearing-House

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Living Modified Organism (LMO)

Decisions on the LMO Risk Assessments  
published: 14 Jan 2013 last updated: 28 Aug 2014
Living Modified Organism identity
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Moonpearl carnation
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25947
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IFD-25947-1
Moonpearl carnation has flowers with a unique violet/mauve colour due to the biosynthesis of the anthocyanin pigment delphinidin. The transgenic lines were derived from the parent cultivar which is a pink coloured carnation.

The genes introduced into the transgenic carnation lines included a functional dihydroflavonol reductase encoding gene (dfr) from petunia and a gene (hf1) encoding the enzyme flavonoid 3', 5'-hydroxylase (F3'5'H). Expression of the F3'5'H encoding gene allows for the production of blue coloured delphinidin anthocyanin pigments, which are not normally found in carnations.

A Dihydroflavonol-4-reductase sequence from carnation has been utilised in a dsDFR format in order to suppress expression of the endogenous carnation DFR gene, thus allowing dominant expression of the introduced petunia Dihydroflavonol-4-reductase.
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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.
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  • IFD-25958-3 - Moonberry carnation
    | Suntory Holdings Limited(SHD) | Changes in quality and/or metabolite content (Flavonoids (e.g. anthocyanin), Pigmentation / Coloration), Resistance to herbicides (Chlorsulfuron, Sulfonylurea)
Characteristics of the modification process
pCGP3366
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  • Agrobacterium-mediated DNA transfer
Some of these genetic elements may be present as fragments or truncated forms. Please see notes below, where applicable.
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-43793-4 Flavonoid 3', 5'-hydroxylase gene | Viola sp. (Pansy, VIOLA)
    Protein coding sequence | Changes in quality and/or metabolite content (Pigmentation / Coloration)
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-15177-7 Acetohydroxy acid synthase gene | Nicotiana tabacum (Tobacco, TOBAC )
    Protein coding sequence | Resistance to herbicides (Chlorsulfuron, Sulfonylurea)
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-15009-4 Dihydroflavonol-4-reductase | Petunia hybrida (Petunia, PETHY)
    Protein coding sequence | Changes in quality and/or metabolite content (Pigmentation / Coloration)
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-104594-4 Dihydroflavonol-4-reductase | Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation, DIACA)
    Protein coding sequence | Changes in quality and/or metabolite content (Pigmentation / Coloration)
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-100287-7 CaMV 35S promoter | Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV)
    Promoter
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-101901-3 5' untranslated leader of chlorophyll a/b-binding protein | Petunia hybrida (Petunia, PETHY)
    Leader
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-100390-7 Acetohydroxy acid synthase gene terminator | Nicotiana tabacum (Tobacco, TOBAC )
    Terminator
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-103771-1 Chalcone synthase gene promoter | Antirrhinum majus (Common Snapdragon, Snapdragon)
    Promoter
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-103772-2 D8 gene terminator | Petunia hybrida (Petunia, PETHY)
    Terminator
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-105798-1 Dihydroflavonol-4-reductase promoter | Petunia hybrida (Petunia, PETHY)
    Promoter
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-105799-1 Dihydroflavonol-4-reductase terminator | Petunia hybrida (Petunia, PETHY)
    Terminator
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-105819-1 Dihydroflavonol-4-reductase intron | Petunia hybrida (Petunia, PETHY)
    Intron
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-100290-6 CaMV 35S terminator | Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV)
    Terminator
The dihydroflavonol-4-reductase sequence from carnation is inserted in a sense/ antisense orientation. The transcription product results in the formation of a dsDFR which suppress the expression of the endogenous DFR gene, thus allowing dominant expression of the introduced petunia Dihydroflavonol-4-reductase thus leading to the synthesis of delphinidin imparting a violet/mauve colour to the carnation.

The T-DNA is present at one integration locus and contains one copy of each T-DNA component as determined by Southern blot analysis
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LMO characteristics
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  • Ornamental
Detection method(s)
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Additional Information
Moonpearl was developed using recombinant DNA techniques to produce flowers with a unique violet/mauve colour by introducing three genes that function together in the biosynthesis of the anthocyanin pigment delphinidin.

The transgenic lines were derived from the parent cultivar which is a pink coloured carnation.The genes introduced into the transgenic carnation lines included a functional dihydroflavonol reductase encoding gene (dfr) and a gene (hf1) encoding the enzyme flavonoid 3', 5'-hydroxylase (F3'5'H), a member of the NADPH-Cytochrome P450 reductase family.

Expression of the F3'5'H encoding gene allows for the production of blue coloured delphinidin anthocyanin pigments, which are not normally found in carnations. Expression of a dsDFR construct suppresses the activity of endogenous DFR.
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