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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2015
Kws Saat SE & Co. Kgaa, Einbeck, DE;
Südzucker Ag, Mannheim, DE;
Wolfgang Koch, Einbeck, DE;
Norbert Sauer, Erlangen, DE;
Petra Wirsching, Fürth, DE;
Benjamin Pommerrenig, Halberstadt, DE;
Ekkehard Neuhaus, Kaiserslautern, DE;
Benjamin Jung, Fischbach, DE;
Ulf-Ingo Flügge, Cologne, DE;
Frank Ludewig, Cologne, DE;
Nicole Lenzen, Düren, DE;
Irene Marten, Würzburg, DE;
Rainer Hedrich, Würzburg, DE;
Alexander Schulz, Würzburg, DE;
KWS SAAT SE & CO. KGAA, Einbeck, DE;
SÜDZUCKER AG, Mannheim, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to tonoplast proton/sugar antiporter proteins, more particularly tonoplast proton/saccharose antiporter proteins, the nucleotide sequences which encode them and uses thereof for producing transgenic plants with an increased saccharose concentration. The invention also includes methods for producing transgenic plants with an increased saccharose concentration, methods for increasing the saccharose concentration in plants, and for identifying plants which are suitable for creating a higher saccharose concentration.