Elevation of oil levels in brassica plants
AssigneeMonsanto Technology LLC
InventorsToni A. Voelker, Dale L. Val, Thomas J. Savage
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
This present invention provides a method for increasing oil levels in the tissues of Brassica sp. plants by expression of a heterologous multifunctional fatty acid synthase (mfFAS) within the plant. In one embodiment, the present invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding mfFAS enzymes from various sources for this purpose, and vectors and plants containing same.
Claims22
A Brassica sp. plant comprising a heterologous nucleic acid molecule encoding a multifunctional fatty acid synthase.
A method for producing a Brassica sp. plant with increased oil content that comprises,
- a. introducing a first nucleic acid molecule encoding a multifunctional fatty acid synthase into a Brassica sp. plant cell;
- and
- b. regenerating a plant from the plant cell.
A method of producing a Brassica oil, comprising the steps of:
- a) growing an oilseed Brassica plant, the genome of which contains a nucleic acid molecule encoding a multifunctional fatty acid synthase, to produce oil-containing seeds;
- and
- b) extracting oil from the seeds.
A method of producing a Brassica oil, comprising the steps of:
- a) growing an oilseed Brassica plant, the genome of which contains a nucleic acid molecule encoding a phosphopantetheine:protein transferase, to produce oil-containing seeds;
- and
- b) extracting oil from the seeds.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.