Sucrose phosphate synthase

US6756218B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

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

Inventors

• Stephen M. Allen · Chandler, US
• Perry G. Caimi · Kennett Square, US
• Emil Orozco · Cochranville, US
• Mitchell C. Tarczynski · West Des Moines, US
• J. Antoni Rafalski · Wilmington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 31, 2001
• Grant date: Jun 29, 2004
• Expiry date: Jul 31, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Y204/01014
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

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