US 7,605,244 B2 · Gamma tocopherol methyltransferase coding sequence from Brassica and uses thereof

Abstract

The present invention relates to genes associated with the tocopherol biosynthesis pathway. More particularly, the present invention provides and includes nucleic acid molecules, proteins, and antibodies associated with genes that encode polypeptides that have methyltransferase activity. The present invention also provides methods for utilizing such agents, for example in gene isolation, gene analysis and the production of transgenic plants. Moreover, the present invention includes transgenic plants modified to express the aforementioned polypeptides. In addition, the present invention includes methods for the production of products from the tocopherol biosynthesis pathway.

Claims24

Dependent claims

A substantially purified nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence that encodes a polypeptide with gamma-tocopherol methyltransferase activity and is selected from the group consisting of

(a) a nucleic acid sequence comprising from 90% to 100% identity to SEQ ID NO:7;
and
(b) a nucleic acid sequence that encodes the polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO:34 or a homolog thereof with at least 95% identity to the polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO:34.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

11/776,441Filed 11 Jul 2007 · division

Priority

17 Aug 2001

Published

US 2008/0020444 A124 Jan 2008

Granted

20 Oct 2009

Term ends

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Classification3 codes

C12N 9/1007
Transferring one-carbon groups: methyltransferases
C12N 15/8243
With non-agronomic quality traits, e.g. for industrial processing; Value added, non-agronomic traits: involving biosynthetic or metabolic…
C12N
Microorganisms or enzymes

Family

Application60/312,758Us provisional application · filed 17 Aug 2001

Application10/219,810Parent of this division · filed 16 Aug 2002

US 2008/0020444 A1Pre-grant publication · published 24 Jan 2008

US 7,244,877 B2Parent of this division

US 2003/0154513 A1Published application

US 7,605,244 B2This patent

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Gamma tocopherol methyltransferase coding sequence from Brassica and uses thereof

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Gamma tocopherol methyltransferase coding sequence from Brassica and uses thereof

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Abstract

Claims24