Use of recombinant polypeptides from the genus lupinus as antimicrobial or insecticidal on plants
AssigneeInstituto Superior De Agronomia
InventorsRicardo Manuel DE SEIXAS BOAVIDA FERREIRA, Sara Alexandra VALADAS DA SILVA MONTEIRO, Artur Ricardo NASCIMENTO TEIXEIRA, Virgilio BORGES LOUREIRO
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Abstract
This invention is related to a protein from the seeds, cotyledons or plantlets of Lupinus genus, as well as to the way of producing the protein in recombinant form and of expressing the protein in genetically modified plants. The invention relates to methods of its use, or of any modification of the protein that maintains its biological properties, as a supplement in human or animal nutrition and as a fungicide, insecticide, growth promoter, fertilizer or in the preparation of genetically modified organisms.
Claims16
1-29. (canceled)
A method of administering a nutritional supplement comprising administering to a human or animal in need thereof an effective amount of a polypeptide, the polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 1 or a sequence having at least 85% sequence identity thereto,
- wherein the polypeptide does not comprise a sequence of 531 consecutive amino acid residues of β oonglutin from Lupinus albus, and
- wherein the polypeptide exhibits human or animal nutritional properties.
A DNA fragment comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide, the polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or a sequence having at least 85% sequence identity thereto,
- wherein the polypeptide does not comprise a sequence of 531 consecutive amino acid residues of β conglutin from Lupinus albus, and
- wherein the polypeptide exhibits at least one of the group consisting of:
- anti-fungal activity, anti-Oomyces activity, insecticide activity, growth promoter activity, and human or animal nutritional properties.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.