Methods for increasing stearate content in soybean oil
OwnerJean Kridlinventor
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method for increasing stearate as a component of total triglycerides found in soybean seed. The method generally comprises growing a soybean plant having integrated into its genome a DNA construct comprising, in the 5′ to 3′ direction of transcription, a promoter functional in a soybean plant seed cell, a DNA sequence encoding an acyl-ACP thioesterase protein having substantial activity on C18:0 acyl-ACP substrates, and a transcription termination region functional in a plant cell. The present invention also provides a soybean seed with about 33 weight percent or greater stearate as a component of total fatty acids found in seed triglycerides.
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1-53. (canceled)
Soybean seed oil comprising greater than about 20% stearate and less than about 53% stearate.
A method of producing a soybean seed having above 15% stearate comprising the steps of:
- (a) growing an oilseed crop having inserted into its genome an exogenous DNA encoding a plant FatA thioesterase;
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- (b) harvesting said oilseed crop, wherein the seed of said oilseed crop comprises an endogenous oil comprising greater than 15% stearate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.