Enhancing inorganic carbon fixation by photosynthetic organisms

US6320101A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM LTD. · IL

Inventors

• Aaron V. Kaplan · Goodrich Four Corners, US
• Judy Lieman-Hurwitz · Jerusalem, IL
• Daniella Schatz · Jerusalem, IL
• Ron Mittler · Piscataway, US
• Michal Ronen-Tarazi · Shoham, IL
• David Bonfil · Meitar, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 14, 1999
• Grant date: Nov 20, 2001
• Expiry date: Jun 14, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A40/146
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method of enhancing inorganic carbon fixation by a photosynthetic organism. The method is effected by transforming cells of the photosynthetic organism with an expressible polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having a bicarbonate transporter activity. Preferably, the polynucleotide further includes a plant promoter. Sequences and constructs for implementing the method are also described.