Compositions isolated from forage grasses and methods for their use
OwnerJeroen Demmer, Richard L. Forster +6inventors
InventorsJeroen Demmer, Richard L. Forster, John Bryan Gibson, Michael Andrew Shenk, Michael Geoffrey Norriss, Matthew Glenn, Keith Martin Saulsbury, Claire Hall
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Abstract
Isolated polynucleotides encoding polypeptides active in lignin, fructan and tannin biosynthetic pathways are provided, together with expression vectors and host cells comprising such isolated polynucleotides. Methods for the use of such polynucleotides and polypeptides are also provided.
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A method of producing a plant cell or plant with altered lignin composition, the method comprising down-regulating expression of an endogenous polypeptide with at least 98% identity to the sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 107 or SEQ ID NO:
- 183, wherein the polypeptide has ferulate 5-hydroxylase (F5H) activity, thereby altering lignin composition.
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