Michigan State University

Rachel Miller

Christoph Benning

Eric R Moellering

Sanjaya

As described herein, plants expressing algal Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase Type Two (DGTT) from heterologous nucleic acids can alter acyl carbon partitioning in plant vegetative tissues and increase acyl-CoA-dependent triacylglycerol synthesis, thereby increasing the lipid content of the plants' tissues.

Increased caloric and nutritional content of plant biomass

The present invention is related to biosynthetic oil compositions and methods of making thereof. In some embodiments, the invention relates to the use of endogenous enzymes in plants capable of synthesizing oil. In preferred embodiments, said plants are algae. In further embodiments, said algae are from the familyand. In still further embodiments, said endogenous enzymes are diacylglycerol acyltransferases.

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