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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2007
Applicant:
Eiichiro Ono, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Eiichiro Ono, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sunitory Holdings Limited, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C12N 15/63 (2006.01); A01H 5/00 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to genes for enzymes having the activity of transferring a methyl group to lignans, plants with an altered lignan composition using these methyltransferases, and so on. More particularly, the present invention relates to enzyme genes having the activity of synthesizing methylated lignans, preferably enzyme genes having the activity of synthesizing sesame-derived methylated lignans, and use thereof.