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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Meyrick Burrell, Cottenham, GB;
Stephen Andrew Coates, Cambridge, GB;
Alfhous Freddie Weir, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Advanced Technologies (Cambridge) Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/582 ; C12N 1/529 ; C12N 1/554 ; A01H 5/00 ; C12P 1/904 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/582 ; C12N 1/529 ; C12N 1/554 ; A01H 5/00 ; C12P 1/904 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a transgenic plant which comprises a recombinant gene encoding one of the subunit proteins of adenosine diphosphoglucose pyrophosphorylase (“ADPG PPase”). In plants, functional ADPG PPase holoenzyme is a heterotetrameric protein composed of two subunits, each encoded by a different gene. The present invention shows that the activity of ADPG PPase in the cell of plants can be increased by expressing only one of the two subunit proteins required to make an active enzyme.