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US 7,622,570 B2Granted
Plants expressing putative palmitoyl protein thioesterase
AssigneeBASF Plant Science GmbH
InventorsOliver Oswald, Jörg Bauer, Thorsten Zank
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Abstract
Isolated nucleic acids and proteins associated with lipid and sugar metabolism regulation are provided. In particular, putative palmitoyl protein thioesterase and encoding nucleic acids are provided. The nucleic acids and proteins are used in methods of producing transgenic plants and modulating levels of total fatty acids in seeds via expression of putative palmitoyl protein thioesterase.
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An expression vector comprising a lipid metabolism protein (LMP) nucleic acid, wherein the nucleic acid comprises a polynucleotide selected from the group consisting of
- a) the polynucleotide of SEQ ID NO:
- 29;
- b) a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
- 30;
- and
- c) a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having at least 95% identity to the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
- 30 with palmitoyl-protein thioesterase activity,
- wherein expression of said polynucleotide in a plant results in an increase in total fatty acids in seed of said plant, and wherein the LMP nucleic acid is operatively linked to a heterologous seed-specific promoter.
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