Patent ID: 6489538
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: C12N

Abstract:
An isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding an enzyme that functions in the lignin biosynthesis pathway of a plant to increase the syringyl:guaiacyl lignin monomer ratios in the plant, the fragment selected from the group consisting of:(i) a nucleic acid fragment encoding an enzyme having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2; (ii) a nucleic acid fragment whose full-length complement hybridizes under stringent conditions of 2Ã—SSC, 0.1% SDS at 65Â° C. with a nucleic acid fragment that encodes an enzyme having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2; (iii) the nucleic acid fragment of SEQ ID NO: 1; (iv) the nucleic acid fragment of SEQ ID NO:3; and (v) a nucleic acid fragment whose full-length complement hybridizes under stringent conditions of 2Ã—SSC, 0.1% SDS at 65Â° C. with a member selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1 and SEQ ID NO:3.