Dual transit peptides for targeting polypeptides

US11959086B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF AGRO B.V. · NL

Inventors

• Raphael Aponte · Schifferstadt, DE
• Stefan Tresch · Tauberbischofsheim, DE
• Tobias Seiser · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Jill Marie Paulik · Cary, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 19, 2017
• Grant date: Apr 16, 2024
• Expiry date: May 19, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N15/8274
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention refers to a recombinant chimeric nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a dual transit peptide operably linked to a heterologous nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide of interest which, when overexpressed in a plant, confers herbicide tolerance to said plant.