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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2018
Applicant:
University of Cape Town, Cape Town, ZA;
Inventors:
Ann Elizabeth Meyers, Plumstead, ZA;
Edward Peter Rybicki, Cape Town, ZA;
Emmanuel Aubrey Margolin, Rondebosch, ZA;
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN, Rondebosch, ZA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/8216 (2013.01); C12N 15/8258 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for increasing the expression and/or promoting correct folding of a heterologous polypeptide of interest in a plant cell, comprising co-expressing the heterologous polypeptide of interest with a polypeptide encoding a mammalian chaperone protein. The invention also relates to plant cells and plants, which either transiently or stably, co-express the heterologous polypeptide of interest and the chaperone protein.