Nucleic acid molecules which code for enzymes derived from wheat and which are involved in the synthesis of starch

US6890732B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• BAYER CROPSCIENCE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Horst Loerz · Hamburg, DE
• Stephanie Luetticke · Hamburg, DE
• Martina Block · Bonn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 7, 1999
• Grant date: May 10, 2005
• Expiry date: May 7, 2019

Classification

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

Abstract

Nucleic acid molecules are described which encode wheat enzymes involved in starch synthesis in plants. These enzymes are soluble wheat starch synthases. The invention furthermore relates to vectors and host cells which contain the above-described nucleic acid molecules. In particular to transformed plant cells and plants which can be regenerated from these and which have an increased or reduced activity of the soluble starch synthases according to the invention.