Increase in the vitamin E content in organisms due to an increase in the tyrosine aminotransferase activity

US7348167B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaA · DE

Inventors

• Ralf Badur · Schifferstadt, DE
• Michael Geiger · Starnberg, DE
• Rainer Lemke · Quedlinburg, DE
• Klaus-Dieter Salchert · Gernrode, DE
• Susanne Tropf · Quedlinburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 7, 2002
• Grant date: Mar 25, 2008
• Expiry date: Feb 2, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01K2217/05
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for producing vitamin E by growing organisms, in particular plants, which have an increased tyrosine aminotransferase activity in comparison with the wild type, and to the genetically modified organisms, in particular plants, themselves.