SPS-ØØV11-6 - Innate® Invigorate Snowden | BCH-LMO-SCBD-115075 | Living Modified Organism | Biosafety Clearing-House

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last updated: 30 Jul 2019
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Innate® Invigorate Snowden
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V11
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SPS-ØØV11-6
The potato variety Snowden was modified for reduced blackening of the tuber and decreased levels of reducing sugars through the downregulation of the endogenous asparagine synthase 1 (Asn1), water dikinase R1 (R1), starch phosphorylase L (PhL), and polyphenol oxidase 5 (PPO5) by RNA interference. Silencing of PPO5 reduces the browning and blackening of the tuber flesh. Down-regulation of R1, Asn1, and PhL decrease the concentration of reducing sugars and thus decrease the potential of acrylamide formation via the Maillard reaction.
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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.
Solanum tuberosum var. Snowden
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  • SPS-ØØF10-7 - Innate™ Ranger Russet Potato
    | J.R. Simplot Company | Changes in quality and/or metabolite content (Pigmentation / Coloration, Protein and amino acids)
  • SPS-ØØF37-7 - Innate™ Ranger Russet Potato
    | J.R. Simplot Company | Changes in quality and/or metabolite content (Pigmentation / Coloration, Protein and amino acids)
  • SPS-ØØE12-8 - Innate™ Russet Burbank Potato
    | J.R. Simplot Company | Changes in quality and/or metabolite content (Pigmentation / Coloration, Protein and amino acids)
  • SPS-ØØE24-2 - Innate™ Russet Burbank Potato
    | J.R. Simplot Company | Changes in quality and/or metabolite content (Pigmentation / Coloration, Protein and amino acids)
  • SPS-ØØJ55-2 - Innate™ Atlantic Potato
    | J.R. Simplot Company | Changes in quality and/or metabolite content (Pigmentation / Coloration, Protein and amino acids)
Characteristics of the modification process
pSIM1278
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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-106421-1 Asparagine synthetase-1 gene | Solanum tuberosum (Potato, SOLTU)
    Protein coding sequence | Changes in quality and/or metabolite content (Protein and amino acids)
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-106420-1 ADP glucose pyrophosphorylase gene promoter | Solanum tuberosum (Potato, SOLTU)
    Promoter
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-14997-6 Granule bound starch synthase gene promoter | Solanum tuberosum (Potato, SOLTU)
    Promoter
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-106426-1 Phosphorylase-L gene promoter | Solanum tuberosum (Potato, SOLTU)
    Promoter
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-106425-1 Alpha-glucan water dikinase R1 gene promoter | Solanum tuberosum (Potato, SOLTU)
    Promoter
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-115073-1 Spacer sequence | Solanum tuberosum (Potato, SOLTU)
    Spacer sequence
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-115074-1 Spacer sequence | Solanum tuberosum (Potato, SOLTU)
    Spacer sequence
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-106424-3 Polyphenol oxidase 5 gene | Solanum verrucosum (SOLVR)
    Protein coding sequence | Changes in quality and/or metabolite content (Pigmentation / Coloration)
The modified potato contains two RNA interference (RNAi) cassettes for the potato genes: asparagine synthase-1 (Asn1) - polyphenol oxidase 5 (PPO5) and phosphorylase-L (PhL) - Alpha-glucan water dikinase R1 (R1).

Asn1-PPO5:
Transcription commences from both promoters, the potato ADP glucose pyrophosphorylase promoter (P-Agp) and the potato granule bound starch synthase promoter (P-Gbss), which are in a convergent orientation relative to each other. The transcripts produced have inverted repeats of Asn1 and PPO5 segments, separated by a spacer sequence derived from the potato genome. After transcription, the transcripts form double stranded RNA (dsRNA) molecules due to the homology of the sequences. The RNA molecules are then sufficient to trigger an RNAi response.

pPhL-R1:
Transcription is also directed from the convergent promoters P-Agp and P-Gbss. The RNA molecules contain inverted repeats of the promoter segments of PhL and R1, as well as a spacer derived from the potato genome. Post-transcription, the RNA molecules can form double stranded structures due to the sequence homology within the transcripts and trigger an RNAi response.

Note:
- The promoters are tuber-specific and expected to be most active in the tuber tissue.
- The transcripts are not expected to be translated into proteins.
- No specific terminators were added to the cassettes and thus the transcripts are not expected to have poly(A) tails.
- No marker genes (e.g. kanamycin or hygromycin resistance) are present.
- Southern blotting confirmed that the V11 genome contains a single T-DNA insertion.
- No vector backbone was incorporated into the V11 genome.
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LMO characteristics
Due to the formation of the dsRNA structures, RNA interference is triggered. The dsRNA is processed into small interfering RNA (siRNA), which can direct degradation of transcripts that share homology to the siRNA. The degradation of the endogenous mRNA results in the silencing of gene expression of the following endogenous genes: Asn1, PPO5, PhL, and R1.
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  • Food
Detection method(s)
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Additional Information
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