Plastidic phosphoglucomutase genes

US7323560B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

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

Inventors

• Stephen M. Allen · Chandler, US
• Karlene H. Butler · Newark, US
• Thomas J. Carlson · San Diego, US
• William D. Hitz · Wilmington, US
• Johan M. Stoop · Wilmington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 30, 2005
• Grant date: Jan 29, 2008
• Expiry date: Mar 30, 2025

Classification

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

Abstract

An isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a plastidic phosphoglucomutase protein is disclosed. Also disclosed is the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a substantial portion of the plastidic phosphoglucomutase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the plastidic phosphoglucomutase in a transformed host cell.