This paper is relevant to the impact areas in the following areas:
| Crops | Grass |
| Traits | Herbicide Tolerance |
| Countries | Korea |
| Regions | Asia |
| Tags | allergenicity, toxicity |
This study aimed to evaluate the potential allergenicity and oral toxicity of the phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (PAT) protein expressed in Zoysia japonica, a herbicide-tolerant genetically modified (GM) zoysiagrass. In silico analysis of PAT showed no similarities with any known allergenic or toxic proteins, with <35% amino acid sequence homology with known allergens across a length of 80 amino acids and no continuous eight amino acid identity with known allergens. The PAT protein expressed in Z. japonica degraded very rapidly in the simulated gastric fluid in the presence of pepsin, and, no glycosylation of PAT was observed. The oral toxicity test revealed no mortality or toxic effect in mice following PAT administration at 4,000 mg/kg body weight. Our findings indicate that the PAT protein expressed in Zoysia japonica does not exhibit allergenic or toxic properties.
Allergenicity and toxicity evaluation of the PAT protein expressed in herbicide-tolerant genetically modified Zoysia japonica (held on an external server, and so may require additional authentication details)
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