Transgenic plants resistant to non-protein amino acids
AssigneeYeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
InventorsMark Safro, Liron Klipcan, Inbar Maymon, Igal Finarov
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Abstract
Transgenic plants resistant to bio-herbicides, particularly to phytotoxic non-protein amino acids including the meta-tyrosine (m-tyrosine) amino acid analog and salts thereof, means and methods for producing the transgenic plants.
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A transgenic plant comprising at least one cell, said at least one cell comprising at least one exogenous polynucleotide encoding a bacterial heterotetrameric phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase (PheRS), the PheRS comprising an editing module which hydrolyzes phenylalanine tRNA misacylated with a meta-tyrosine (m-Tyr) compound, wherein the plant is resistant to the meta-tyrosine (m-Tyr) compound and salts thereof, wherein said PheRS is targeted to, or expressed in the mitochondria and/or chloroplasts of the transgenic plant, wherein said plant is a dicot, wherein the transgenic plant is resistant to a meta-tyrosine (m-Tyr) compound and salts thereof, and wherein said meta-tyrosine (m-Tyr) compound has the formula of Formula II having the following formula:
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