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. 2017 Apr 4;8:469. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00469

Table 1.

The inactivated gene, amylose content in starch, and starch crystallinity of high-amylose cereal crops.

Species The original AC in starch The inactivated genes Name of high AC line AC in starchb Starch crystallinity References
Mutation Down regulationa
Maize 25–30% SBEIIb H99ae,OH43ae, B89ae, B84ae 61.7–67.7% (I) B Li et al., 2008
SBEIIb (HAM) GEMS-0067 88.2% (G) B Jiang et al., 2010b
Rice Japonica 15.4–19.6% SBEIIb EM10 26.5% (I) B Nishi et al., 2001
SBEIIb (~80%) ami-BEIIb 41.2% (I) B Butardo et al., 2011
SBEIIb (~50%) hp-BEIIb 34% (I) A or C Butardo et al., 2011
unknown Goami 2(G2) 33.96% (I) B Kang et al., 2003
SSIIIa ss3a 24.8% (G) A Fujita et al., 2007
SBEIIb, SSIIIa ss3a/be2b 45% (G) B Asai et al., 2014
Indica about 25% SSIIIa b10 ~34% (I) A Zhou et al., 2016
SBEI (~100%), SBEIIb (>90%) TRS 64.8% (I) C Zhu et al., 2012
Wheat 22.9–32.3% SBEIIa (Tilling) SBEIIa Mutant 55.7% (K) Slade et al., 2012
SBEIIa (most), SBEIIb (most) hp-SBEIIa 74.4% (G) Regina et al., 2006
SBEIIa, SBEIIb CS2-F11 86.6% (G) Regina et al., 2015
Barley 29.9–31.6% SBEIIa (>80%) SBEIIa 38% (G) Regina et al., 2010
SBEIIa (>90%), SBEIIb (>80%) SBEIIa/ SBE IIb↓ 67.2% (G) Regina et al., 2010
SBEIIa (>90%), SBEIIb (>95%) SBEIIa/ SBEIIb 76.2% (G) Regina et al., 2010
SBEI (87%), SBEIIa (73%), SBEIIb (74%) SBE RNAi4.1 99.1% (G) B Carciofi et al., 2012
a

The content of parenthesis means the reduced expression of targeted genes.

b

The AC determined by iodine colorimetry, GPC, and K-AMYL kit method is labeled as (I), (G), and (K), respectively.