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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2010
Weiqing Zeng, Okemos, MI (US);
Sheng Yang He, Okemos, MI (US);
Weiqing Zeng, Okemos, MI (US);
Sheng Yang He, Okemos, MI (US);
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Abstract
The invention provides the discovery that SCD2 (Susceptible to Coronatine-Deficient Pst DC3118-2) protein converts aldehydes to alkanes, thereby changing the composition and/or amount of synthesized waxes. The invention additionally provides homologs, orthologs and paralogs of SCD2 protein, and nucleotide sequences encoding these proteins. Also provided are expression vectors, transgenic cells, transgenic plants, transgenic seeds, methods for altering alkane production in cells, methods for identifying the function of a nucleotide sequence in the synthesis of plant surface wax, and methods for identifying plant tissue that has an altered surface wax composition. The invention's compositions and methods are useful for altering the amount and/or composition of wax produced by cells, including plants and seeds, that have been transformed with the invention's sequences.