Patent classifications
C
C12
C12Y
104/00
C12Y104/03
C12Y104/03024
C12Y104/03024
METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REDUCING THE TOBACCO SPECIFIC NITROSAMINE NNK IN TOBACCO
The present invention provides a tobacco plant, plant part, and/or plant cell comprising one or more heterologous nucleic acid molecules comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a pseudooxynicotine degrading enzyme. Further provided are methods and compositions for producing tobacco plants and tobacco products having reduced pseudooxynicotine (PON) and/or 4-(methyl nitrosoamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) content.