polygalacturonase

polygalacturonase
Abbreviation: PG
An enzyme which catalyses the breakdown of pectin. A tomato engineered to contain an antisense-PG gene succeeded in delaying the onset of softening, by inhibiting the expression of PG. This allowed the fruit to be picked at a riper stage than is conventionally possible, and represented the first commercialized genetically engineered crop plant.

Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture . 2015.

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