Method for producing bioluminescent plants
AssigneeWoodlight
InventorRose-Marie Vesin-Auclair
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Abstract
The present invention concerns bioluminescent plants and methods for producing them. Among said methods, the invention relates, in particular, to a method of introducing luciferase genes and luciferin biosynthesis genes into the chloroplasts of a plant. In addition, the invention concerns a method of producing light comprising adding chemical compounds to a culture medium of the plant according to the invention.
Claims10
An autoluminescent Nicotiana benthamiana plant in which all cells comprising at least one chloroplast are such that the at least one chloroplast comprises 5 constructs each comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleic acid encoding a protein, wherein the proteins are
- a Neonothopanus nambi hispidin-3-hydroxylase (H3H),
- a N. nambi luciferase (Luz),
- a N. nambi caffeoylpyruvate hydrolase (CPH),
- a N. nambi hispidin synthase (HispS), and
- an Aspergillus nidulans phosphopantetheinyl transferase (NpgA).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.