Sesquiterpene synthase gene and protein
AssigneeUniversity of Kentucky Research Foundation
InventorsJoseph Chappell, Bryan Greenhagen
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Abstract
The invention relates to sesquiterpene synthases and methods for their production and use. Particularly, the invention provides nucleic acids comprising the nucleotide sequence of citrus valencene synthase (CVS) which codes for at least one CVS. The invention further provides nucleic acids comprising the nucleotide sequence coding for amino acid residues forming the tier 1 and tier 2 domains of CVS. The invention also provides for methods of making and using the nucleic acids and amino acids of the current invention.
Claims9
A host cell, comprising a recombinant nucleic acid encoding a valencene synthase,
- wherein the nucleic acid encoding the valencene synthase polypeptide is heterologous to the host cell;
- wherein the valencene synthase polypeptide comprises a sequence of amino acid residues that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:4;
- and wherein the host cell produces valencene.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.