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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Inventors:
Christoph Benning, East Lansing, MI (US);
Sanjaya, East Lansing, MI (US);
Rachel Miller, Murrells Inlet, SC (US);
Assignee:
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C12N 9/10 (2006.01); C10L 1/19 (2006.01); C10G 32/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/8247 (2013.01); C10G 32/00 (2013.01); C10L 1/19 (2013.01); C12N 9/1029 (2013.01); C12N 15/8261 (2013.01); C10L 2200/0476 (2013.01); C10L 2290/08 (2013.01); C10L 2290/547 (2013.01); C12Y 203/0102 (2013.01); Y02A 40/146 (2018.01);
Abstract
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.