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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2002
Michael B. Lanahan, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Shib Sankar Basu, Apex, NC (US);
Christopher J. Batie, Durham, NC (US);
Wen Chen, Cary, NC (US);
Joyce Craig, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Mark Kinkema, Durham, NC (US);
Michael B. Lanahan, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Shib Sankar Basu, Apex, NC (US);
Christopher J. Batie, Durham, NC (US);
Wen Chen, Cary, NC (US);
Joyce Craig, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Mark Kinkema, Durham, NC (US);
Syngenta Participations AG, Basel, CH;
Abstract
The invention provides polynucleotides, preferably synthetic polynucleotides, which encode processing enzymes that are optimized for expression in plants. The polynucleotides encode mesophilic, thermophilic, or hyperthermophilic processing enzymes, which are activated under suitable activating conditions to act upon the desired substrate. Also provided are 'self-processing' transgenic plants, and plant parts, e.g., grain, which express one or more of these enzymes and have an altered composition that facilitates plant and grain processing. Methods for making and using these plants, e.g., to produce food products having improved taste and to produce fermentable substrates for the production of ethanol and fermented beverages are also provided.