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Sucrose-6-phosphate phosphatase as target for herbicides

US7374899B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BASF SE

Inventors

Thomas Ehrhardt · Speyer, DE
Uwe Sonnewald · Berlin, DE
Frederik Bornke · Quedlinburg, DE
Shuai Chen · Warrington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 16, 2003
Grant date	May 20, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 14, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12N15/8274
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to the use of a polypeptide with the biological activity of a sucrose-6-phosphate phosphatase which, if not present, brings about growth retardation symptoms and chlorotic leaves and which is encoded by the nucleic acid sequences SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:5 or by a functional equivalent of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:3 or SEQ ID NO:5 as target for herbicides. Moreover, the present invention relates to the use of the abovementioned polypeptides in a method for identifying herbicidal or growth-regulatory compounds which inhibit sucrose-6-phosphate phosphatase. Moreover, the invention relates to the use of these compounds which have been identified via the method as herbicides or growth regulators.

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