Plant alpha farnesene synthase and polynucleotides encoding same
AssigneeThe Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Limited
InventorsSol Green, Ellen Friel, Lesley Beuning, Elspeth Macrae
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Abstract
The present invention provides an isolated alpha-farnesene synthase and polynucleotide sequences encoding the enzyme. The invention also provides nucleic acid constructs, vectors and host cells incorporating the polynucleotide sequences. It further relates to the production of alpha-farnesene using the enzyme and modulation of alpha-farnesene synthesis in plants and selection of plants with altered alpha-farnesene synthase activity.
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An isolated polynucleotide encoding an alpha-farnesene synthase.
An isolated polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:2 or encoding a variant or a fragment of that sequence which has alpha-farnesene synthase activity.
An isolated alpha-farnesene synthase polypeptide.
An isolated alpha-farnesene synthase having the sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 or a fragment or variant thereof with alpha-farnesene synthase activity.
A method for modulating the alpha-farnesene production of a plant, the method comprising:
- increasing or decreasing expression of alpha-farnesene synthase wherein said increasing or decreasing is achieved by genetic modification to alter the expression of a gene encoding an alpha-farnesene synthase.
A polynucleotide having at least 15 contiguous nucleotides from SEQ ID NO:
- 1
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.