DNA molecules coding for debranching enzymes derived from plants

US6635454B1 · kind B1 · utility

Inventors

• Jens Kossmann · Golm, DE
• Michael Emmermann · Michendorf, DE
• Ivar Virgin · Stockholm, SE
• Andreas Renz · Schifferstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 17, 2000
• Grant date: Oct 21, 2003
• Expiry date: May 17, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Y302/01068
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention describes DNA molecules which code for plant proteins having the biological activity of a debranching enzyme. Furthermore described are transgenic plant cells and plants having reduced or increased debranching enzyme activity, as well as modified starch isolatable from the cells and plants.