Methods for increasing oil content in plants

US7579517B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF Plant Science Company GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Renz · Schifferstadt, DE
• Jörg Bauer · Weingarten, DE
• Marc Stitt Nigel · Potsdam, DE
• Rita Zrenner · Ladenburg, DE
• Peter Geigenberger · Berlin, DE
• Helene Vigeolas · Potsdam, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 2003
• Grant date: Aug 25, 2009
• Expiry date: Aug 17, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N15/8247
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to methods for increasing the oil content in plants, preferably in the seeds of plants, by expression of glycerol-3-phosphatdehydrogenases (G3PDH) from yeast, preferably from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The invention also relates to expression constructs for the expression of G3PDH yeast in plants, preferably in the seeds of plants, transgenic plants expressing G3PDH, and to the use of said transgenic plants in the production of foodstuffs, feed, seeds, pharmaceuticals or fine chemicals, especially in the production of oils.