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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
John I Stiles, Kaneahe, HI (US);
Istefo Moisyadi, Honolulu, HI (US);
Kabi Raj Neupane, Honolulu, HI (US);
Assignee:
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; A01H / ; A01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
800298 ; 800295 ; 800278 ; 536 236 ; 536 241 ; 435468 ; 435419 ; 4353201 ;
Abstract
Purified proteins, DNA sequences that code on expression therefore and recombinant DNA molecules, including hosts transformed therewith, for transforming coffee plants to suppress the expression of caffeine. The DNA sequences and recombinant DNA molecules are characterized in that they code on expression for an enzyme in the pathway for caffeine synthesis in coffee. Coffee plants transformed with DNA molecules that code on transcription for mRNA that is antisense to mRNA that codes on expression for at least one enzyme in the pathway for caffeine biosynthesis.