Patent ID: 11959087
Assignee: THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  Y | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. A transgenic plant transformed with a recombinant nucleic acid molecule comprising an expression cassette which comprises a heterologous promoter operably linked to an inhibitory polynucleotide that targets an endogenous BADC1 gene in the transgenic plant to reduce or eliminate expression of a BADC1 protein encoded by the endogenous BADC1 gene, wherein the inhibitory polynucleotide encodes an antisense RNA or an RNAi directed towards said endogenous BADC1 gene, wherein said BADC1 protein has at least 95% amino acid sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein said BADC1 protein lacks the conserved biotinylation motif and biotinyl lysine residue of a BCCP1 protein, and wherein said transgenic plant expresses said inhibitory polynucleotide and exhibits (i) increase in the activity levels of the committed step for de novo fatty acid biosynthesis, acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACCase) and (ii) increase in fatty acid and/or triacylglycerol production in said transgenic plant as compared to a control plant of the same species lacking said recombinant nucleic acid molecule and grown under identical growth conditions.