Nucleic acid molecules from plants coding enzymes which participate in the starch synthesis

US6211436A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• PlantTec Biotechnologies, GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Jens Kossmann · Golm, DE
• Claus Frohberg · Kleinmachnow, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 15, 1998
• Grant date: Apr 3, 2001
• Expiry date: Jul 15, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N15/8245
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Nucleic acid molecules encoding enzymes which participate in the starch synthesis in plants are described. These enzymes are a novel isotype of starch synthase. Furthermore, the invention relates to vectors and host cells which were transformed with the described nucleic acid molecules, in particular to transformed plant cells and to plants which may be regenerated therefrom and which exhibit an increased or reduced activity of the described proteins.