FOOD TECHNOLOGY

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN FOOD SCIENCE

BIOTECHNOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Golden rice is genetically modified to ____
A
Produce anthocyanins
B
Produce beta-carotene
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Golden Rice is a new type of rice that contains beta carotene (provitamin A, a plant pigment that the body converts into vitamin A as needed). This compound is what gives this grain its yellow-orange or golden color, hence its name. Golden Rice is developed through genetic engineering.

Detailed explanation-2: -Golden rice was created by modifying the rice genome to include a gene from the daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus that produces an enzyme known as phyotene synthase and a gene from the bacterium Erwinia uredovora that produces an enzyme called phyotene desaturase.

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