Plant caffeoyl-coa o-methyltransferase

US6465229B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Rebecca E. Cahoon · Webster Groves, US
• Gary M. Fader · Landenberg, US
• J. Antoni Rafalski · Wilmington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 1, 1999
• Grant date: Oct 15, 2002
• Expiry date: Dec 1, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2500/00
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a caffeoyl-CoA O-methyltransferase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the caffeoyl-CoA O-methyltransferase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the caffeoyl-CoA O-methyltransferase in a transformed host cell.