Development of Low Gly m Bd 30K (P34) Allergen Breeding Lines Using Molecular Marker in Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]

An increasing production of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.)-based food products may limit dietary choices for soy-allergic individuals. Gly m Bd 30K (P34) is the main seed allergen causing implications in soybean-sensitive patients. The objective of this research was to develop low allergenic soybean lines with molecular marker. The soybean genome assembly specifies that three copy genes of P34 exist in soybean genome. These are Glyma08g12270, which is expressed at significantly higher level over the other two, Glyma08g12280 and Glyma05g29130. Glyma08g12270 was found inactive and was not expressed in low P34 germplasm accessions. Using a co-dominant marker and a polyclonal antibody, polymorphisms and the quantity of protein produced by Glyma08g12270 were analyzed in the F2 and F3 generations obtained by crossing PI567476 and the Korean cultivar Hwanggum. The molecular marker and polyclonal antibody developed in this study could therefore be effectively used for selecting lines that express P34 at low levels. Selected lines could further be used to cross with other null allergenic soybean accessions to breed low allergenic soybean variety.