GM crops

Question 1

The shikimate pathway

Answer 1

Takes shikimate into essential amino acids for growth. Specific steps include taking phosphoenol pyruvate and shikimate 3p and ESPSP transforming it into 5-enol pyruvual shikimate 3P

Question 2

Glyphosate

Answer 2

is competitive for phosphoenol pyruvate, stops pathway

Question 3

Bt crops

Answer 3

produce bt toxin that kills bull-worm by damaging their stomach, causing starvation
toxin comes from bacillus thuringienis

Question 4

Glyphosate resistant crops

Answer 4

bacteria that has mutated EPSPS gene that is not sensitive to glyphosate, add to plant genome

Question 5

FLAVR SAVR tomato

Answer 5

example of an antisense gene construct
down regulate cell wall degrading enzyme polygalactonorase

Question 6

GM soap canola

Answer 6

inserted gene from California bay trees to increase the amount of lauric acid in canola seeds

Question 7

Biodegradable plastics

Answer 7

can be produced by bacteria but it can be very expensive. gene was transferred to oilseed rape with a seed specific promoter