Polynucleotides encoding proteins involved in plant metabolism

US8288616B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

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

Inventors

• Edgar Cahoon · Wilmington, US
• Rebecca E. Cahoon · Webster Groves, US
• Saverio Carl Falco · Arden, US
• Yiwen Fang · Los Angeles, US
• Sabine Hantke · Cologne, DE
• Anthony J. Kinney · Wilmington, US
• Jian-Ming Lee · Wilmington, US
• Zhongsen Li · Hockessin, US
• Guo-Hua Miao · Johnston, US
• Michele Morgante · Udine, IT
• Xiping Niu · Johnston, US
• Joan T. Odell · Bellefonte, US
• J. Antoni Rafalski · Wilmington, US
• Hajime Sakai · Newark, US
• Peizhong Zheng · Carmel, US
• Quinn Qun Zhu · West Chester, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 12, 2011
• Grant date: Oct 16, 2012
• Expiry date: May 12, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A40/146
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention provides isolated pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.