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Patent No.:

US 7371924 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2003

Nucleic acid sequences encoding β-ketoacyl-acp synthase and uses thereof

Applicant:

Katayoon Dehesh, Vacaville, CA (US);

Inventor:

Katayoon Dehesh, Vacaville, CA (US);

Assignee:

Calgene LLC, Davis, CA (US);

Attorneys:

Chunping Li

Arnold & Porter LLP

Primary Examiner:

Russell P Kallis

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/29 (2006.01); C12N 15/52 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01); A01H 5/00 (2006.01); A01N 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

This invention relates to sequences encoding β-ketoacyl-ACP synthase (KAS) and methods of use thereof. Also provided are methods for decreasing saturated fatty acid levels as a component of total triglycerides found in plant oils. The method generally comprises growing a soybean plant having integrated into its genome a DNA construct comprising, in the 5' to 3′ direction of transcription, a promoter functional in a soybean plant seed cell, a DNA sequence encoding a KAS protein, and a transcription termination region functional in a plant cell. The present invention also provides a soybean seed with less than about 3.5 weight percent total saturated fatty acids.

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