COMT GENE FROM MISCANTHUS SINENSIS AND THE USES THEREOF

摘要

PURPOSE: COMT gene originated from Miscanthus sinensis and its use is provided to use for the yield increase controlling the anti oxidation activation of plants as the phenolic compound contents are controllable in the vector-transformed plant. CONSTITUTION: The method to control the phenolic compound content of plant comprises a step that controls the revelation of COMT gene by transforming recombinant vector in a plant cell which contains COMT[caffeic acid O-methyltransferase]gene originated from Miscanthus sineis; and a step that redifferentiates plants from the transformed plant cells. The phenolic compound content of plant is reduced by inhibiting the revelation of COMT gene. The phenolic compound contents of plant is increased by the overexpression of COMT gene. The phenolic compound of plant is flavonoid or lignine. The inhibition of COMT gene revelation is executed by transforming the plant with the recombinant plant vector in which COMT gene originated from Miscanthus sinensis is inserted in an anti-sense direction. The COMT gene is formed with a base rank of the rank number 1. The plant with reduced content of phenolic compound is produced by inhibiting the expression of COMT gene.