Modulating plant carbon levels
AssigneeCeres, Inc.
InventorsRichard Schneeberger, Emilio Margolles-Clark, Joon-Hyun Park, Boris Jankowski, Steven Bobzin
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Abstract
Methods and materials for modulating (e.g., increasing or decreasing) carbon levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding carbon-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased carbon levels.
Claims12
A method of modulating the level of carbon in a plant, said method comprising introducing into a plant cell an isolated nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having 80 percent or greater sequence identity to an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:2-20, SEQ ID NOs:22-34, SEQ ID NOs:36-38, SEQ ID NOs:40-43, SEQ ID NO:48, SEQ ID NOs:51-53, SEQ ID NOs:55-65, SEQ ID NOs:67-81, SEQ ID NOs:83-92, and the consensus sequences set forth in FIGS. 1-7, wherein a tissue of a plant produced from said plant cell has a difference in the level of carbon as compared to the corresponding level in tissue of a control plant that does not comprise said nucleic acid.
A method of producing a plant tissue, said method comprising growing a plant cell comprising an isolated nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having 80 percent or greater sequence identity to an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:2-20, SEQ ID NOs:22-34, SEQ ID NOs:36-38, SEQ ID NOs:40-43, SEQ ID NO:48, SEQ ID NOs:51-53, SEQ ID NOs:55-65, SEQ ID NOs:67-81, SEQ ID NOs:83-92, and the consensus sequences set forth in FIGS. 1-7, wherein said tissue has a difference in the level of carbon as compared to the corresponding level in tissue of a control plant that does not comprise said nucleic acid.
A plant cell comprising an isolated nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having 80 percent or greater sequence identity to an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:2-20, SEQ ID NOs:22-34, SEQ ID NOs:36-38, SEQ ID NOs:40-43, SEQ ID NO:48, SEQ ID NOs:51-53, SEQ ID NOs:55-65, SEQ ID NOs:67-81, SEQ ID NOs:83-92, and the consensus sequences set forth in FIGS. 1-7, wherein a tissue of a plant produced from said plant cell has a difference in the level of carbon as compared to the corresponding level in tissue of a control plant that does not comprise said nucleic acid.
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