Control of fruit ripening and senescence in plants
AssigneeVitality Biotechnologies, Inc.
InventorsEhud Keinan, Harel Itzhaky, Esther Aboud-Pirak, Shimon Gepstein
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Abstract
Hapten and antigen designed for eliciting catalytic antibodies effective in inhibiting the ethylene production pathway in plants by deactivating a precursor thereof either by decomposition or derivatization. Catalytic antibodies effective in inhibiting the ethylene production pathway in plants by deactivating a precursor thereof. Genes encoding for such catalytic antibodies and plants and cells expressing these genes and producing the catalytic antibodies for controlling the ripening of fruits and vegetables, as well as for controlling senescence of plant tissue.
Claims8
A catalytic antibody that is capable of catalyzing the deactivation of a precursor in the synthetic pathway of ethylene in plants, so as to deplete the precursor from the metabolic pool, the catalytic antibody comprising an immunoglobulin that binds a stable transition state analog of a deactivation reaction of the precursor.
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