Patent ID: 7829760
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: C12N,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method for increasing myo-inositol content in a maize plant or a part thereof, the method comprising introducing into a plant cell at least one heterologous nucleic acid operably linked to a promoter that drives expression in a plant cell, and regenerating a plant from the plant cell, the plant having stably incorporated into its genome the heterologous nucleic acid, wherein the heterologous nucleic acid comprises a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of: a) the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1; b) a nucleotide sequence having at least 95% sequence identity across the full-length of SEQ ID NO: 1; and, c) a nucleotide sequence complementary to the full-length nucleotide sequence set forth in (a) or (b); and expressing said heterologous nucleic acid, wherein expression of said heterologous nucleic acid decreases the expression of endogenous myo-inositol oxygenase (MIOX) in said plant or said part thereof, thereby increasing myo-inositol content in said plant or said part thereof, as compared to a maize plant lacking said heterologous nucleic acid.