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Engineering Soybean for Enhanced Sulfur Amino Acid Content

Plant Genetics Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service-USDA and Department of Agronomy, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211

View larger version (22K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Protein content of commonly consumed food sources. Note that soybean contains about 40% protein, the highest among the food sources shown above.

View larger version (35K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Protein digestibility corrected amino acid score (PDCAAS) of selected food proteins. Note that soybean protein quality is equivalent to that of animal proteins and superior to other plant proteins.

View larger version (179K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig. 3. Endoplasmic reticulum-derived protein bodies in transgenic soybean. Transmission electron microscopy of developing soybean cotyledon reveals the presence of novel endoplasmic-reticulum-derived protein bodies that accumulate the 11-kDa delta zein. PSV, protein storage vacuole, OB, oil bodies; PB, protein body.