Polynucleotides encoding plant prenyl proteases

US7951991B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• BASF Plant Science Company GmbH · DE
• Performance Plants Inc. · CA

Inventors

• Rodrigo Sarria-Millan · Morrisville, US
• Stefan Henkes · Potsdam, DE
• Damian Allen · Bristol, GB
• Oswaldo da Costa e Silva · Neustadt, DE
• Ruoying Chen · Duluth, US
• Jiangxin Wan · Florenceville-Bristol, CA
• Yafan Huang · Florenceville-Bristol, CA
• Delina Melo · Inverary, CA
• Monika Kuzma · Battersea, CA
• Angela Gilley Sample · Inverary, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 17, 2007
• Grant date: May 31, 2011
• Expiry date: Sep 16, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N9/50
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention provides polynucleotides encoding plant prenyl protease polypeptides, vectors, host cells, and transgenic plant comprising the polynucleotides. The invention also provides methods of producing transgenic plants that have altered levels of prenyl protease polynucleotides and polypeptides, and transgenic plants that have increased tolerance to an environmental stress as compared to a wild type plant.