Patent ID: 6703542
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: C12N,C12Y

Abstract:
A method of decreasing the level of PPO activity in a plant comprisinga) providing (i) a DNA construct comprising DNA coding for a polypeptide having plant PPO activity, and (ii) a plant tissue; b) introducing said DNA construct into said plant tissue; and c) regenerating the plant tissue to produce the plant, wherein the DNA coding for a polypeptide having plant PPO activity has a nucleotide sequence that corresponds to a nucleotide sequence of DNA from a plant selected from the group consisting of grapevine, apple, and broad bean, a nucleotide sequence of DNA from potato selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 11, and SEQ ID NO: 13; or a nucleotide sequence encoding an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 12, and SEQ ID NO: 14.