Yeda Research and Develpment & Co. Ltd

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Research and Development Authority

The Weizmann Institute of Science

Uri Pick

Eli Khayat

Sammy Boussiba

Orna Livneh

Avi Gabai

Aliza Zarka

Stefan Lou

Rina Walther

Ehud Peled

Meira Weiss

An isolated novel oil globule protein encoded by a polynucleotide sequence is provided together with a composition which includes the isolated protein. A transgenic organism transformed by a polynucleotide encoding a protein which at least partially comprises the amino acid sequence of the novel oil globule protein is also provided. The invention also provides a method for producing or enhancing the production of a carotenoid such as astaxanthin, which is an oil globule constituent.

Oil globule protein and uses thereof

The present invention provides transgenic plants transformed with exogenous nucleic acid encoding aplasma membrane (PM)-ATPase. The transgenic plant has increased tolerance to salt as compared to a corresponding non-transgenic plant. The present invention also provides nucleic acids encoding a chimeric PM-ATPase, which comprise a first portion encoding a plant PM-ATPase or a fragment thereof, and a second portion encoding aPM-ATPase or a fragment thereof. The present invention also discloses a method of producing a transgenic plant having an increased tolerance to salt as compared to a corresponding non-transgenic plant, a method of modifying a plant capacity to survive salt shock, and a method of modifying plant recovery after exposure to salt stress, by introducing into one or more cells of a plant an exogenous nucleic acid encoding aPM-ATPase. Also provided by the present invention are plant cells comprising an exogenous nucleic acid encoding aPM-ATPase, and plant seeds and progeny obtained from the transgenic plants.

Salt resistant transgenic plants

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Uri Pick