Basf Plant Science Gmbh

Max-planck-gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Wissenschaften E.v.

Basf Plant Science Company Gmbh

Oliver Oswald

Jörg Bauer

Thorsten Zank

Heiko A Haertel

Volker Mittendorf

Holger Schultheiss

Christoph Benning

Linda Patricia Loyall

Josef Martin Kuhn

Elke Duwenig

Carl Andre

Joerg Bauer

Heiko A Härtel

Rita Maria Zrenner

Silke Koslowsky

Julia Verena Hartig

Marc Saric

Maarten Hendrik Stuiver

Jorg Bauer

Isolated nucleic acid molecules capable of regulating expression in plants, as well as expression [cassettes, vectors and transgenic plants comprising the same are provided.

Promoters for regulating expression in plants

Described herein are inventions in the field of genetic engineering of plants, including combinations of nucleic acid molecules encoding pyruvate kinase subunits to improve agronomic, horticultural, and quality traits. This invention relates generally to the combination of nucleic acid sequences encoding pyruvate kinase proteins that are related to the presence of seed storage compounds in plants. More specifically, the present invention relates to the use of these combinations of these sequences, their order and direction in the combination, and the regulatory elements used to control expression and transcript termination in these combinations in transgenic plants. In particular, the invention is directed to methods for manipulating seed storage compounds in plants and seeds. The invention further relates to methods of using these novel combinations of polypeptides to stimulate plant growth and/or root growth and/or to increase yield and/or composition of seed storage compounds.

Seed enhancement by combinations of pyruvate kinases

This invention relates generally to plant cells and/or plants with increased yield as compared to a corresponding non-transformed wild type plant cell by increasing or generating one or more activities of polypeptides associated with the intermediate phosphoribosylpyrophosphate (PRPP) in plants. In particular, this invention relates to plant cells and/or plants with increased yield as compared to a corresponding non-transformed wild type plant cell by increasing or generating one or more activities of phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate synthases (PRPP synthetase, PRS) The invention also deals with methods of producing and screening for and breeding such plant cells and/or plants.

Plants with increased yield

Isolated nucleic acids and proteins associated with lipid and sugar metabolism regulation are provided. In particular, lipid metabolism proteins (LMP) and encoding nucleic acids originating from, andare provided. The nucleic acids and proteins are used in methods of producing transgenic plants and modulating levels of seed storage compounds. Preferably, the seed storage compounds are lipids, fatty acids, starches, or seed storage proteins.

Sugar and lipid metabolism regulators in plants IV

Isolated nucleic acids and proteins associated with lipid and sugar metabolism regulation are provided. In particular, lipid metabolism proteins (LMP) and encoding nucleic acids originating from, andare provided. The nucleic acids and proteins are used in methods of producing trangenic plants and modulating levels of seed storage compounds. Preferably, the seed storage compounds are lipids, fatty acids, starches, or seed storage proteins.

Isolated nucleic acids and proteins associated with lipid and sugar metabolism regulation are provided. In particular, putative palmitoyl protein thioesterase and encoding nucleic acids are provided. The nucleic acids and proteins are used in methods of producing transgenic plants and modulating levels of total fatty acids in seeds via expression of putative palmitoyl protein thioesterase.

Plants expressing putative palmitoyl protein thioesterase

Isolated nucleic acids and proteins associated with lipid and sugar metabolism regulation are provided. In particular, the present invention provides lipid metabolism proteins (LMP) and encoding nucleic acids originating from. The sunflower LMP nucleic acids and proteins are used in methods of producing transgenic plants and modulating levels of total fatty acids in seeds of the transgenic plants transformed with an expression cassette designed to express the sunflower LMP.

Nucleic acids encoding lipid metabolizing proteins from sunflower that cause elevation of fatty acid levels

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Ludwigshafen, Germany

Oliver Oswald