Monsanto Technology LLC

Kenneth Gruys

Ganesh M Kishore

Timothy A Mitsky

Steven C Slater

David M Stark

Stephen Rogers Padgette

James Narvel

John Tamulonis

Henry E Valentin

Jonathan Jenkinson

The invention includes methods and compositions of genomic regions for screening and selecting plants and seeds from the genusassociated with soybean plant maturity and growth habit. The invention also includes methods and compositions for screening plants and seeds from the genuswith markers associated with genomic regions that are related to the plant maturity and plant growth habit ofplants.

Utility of SNP markers associated with major soybean plant maturity and growth habit genomic regions

Nucleic acid sequences, vectors, recombinant host cells, transgenic plants, and methods for their preparation are disclosed. The nucleic acid sequences encode threonine deaminase proteins that catalyze the conversion of threonine to &#x3b1;-ketobutyrate. One or both of the amino acids at positions 447 and 481 of the encoded proteins can be selected from groups of particular amino acids. For example, the amino acid at position 447 can be alanine, isoleucine, valine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, or methionine. The amino acid at position 481 can be alanine, isoleucine, proline, phenylalanine, tryptophan, or methionine.

Modified threonine deaminase

Nucleic acid encoding a modified threonine deaminase and methods of use

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