Patent ID: 11879132
Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  A | IPC A  C

Claim 14:
15. An isolated and/or recombinantly produced and/or synthetic nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding a mutated PPO polypeptide having at least 80% identity with the amino acid sequence of the PPO polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1,
wherein expression of the nucleic acid molecule in a plant confers increased herbicide tolerance or resistance to the plant as compared to a corresponding, non-transformed, wild type plant, and
wherein said mutated PPO polypeptide comprises one or more of the following motifs:
a) Motif 2:
[A/S/C]PS[D/N][X][X]L
wherein the serine at position 3 within said motif is substituted by any other amino acid
b) Motif 3:
[R/Q][E/D]KQQ[L/Y]P
wherein the glutamine at position 4 within said motif is substituted by any other amino acid
c) Motif 4:
L[I/V]PSKE
wherein the serine at position 4 within said motif is substituted by any other amino acid.