Transformed plants or algae with highly expressed chloroplast protein BPG2
AssigneeRiken
InventorsTakeshi Nakano, Tadao Asami, Ayumi Yamagami, Setsuko Shimada, Minami Matsui
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Abstract
This invention provides a transformed plant or alga with increased chlorophyll, comprising an overexpressed foreign DNA which codes for a chloroplast protein BPG2 or a homologue thereof, and a method for producing the transformed plant or alga.
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A transformed plant or alga with increased chlorophyll, comprising an overexpressed foreign DNA which codes for a chloroplast protein BPG2, wherein the BPG2 comprises the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:1, or an amino acid sequence having an at least 50% identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and having a zinc finger motif and GTP-binding domains having a G4-G1-G2-G3 motif, and having an activity of increasing a level of chlorophyll when compared with wild type.
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