Patent ID: 8278506
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: C07K,C12N

Abstract:
1. A method of producing a transgenic plant having an increased level of a seed storage compound comprising, transforming a plant cell with an expression vector comprising a lipid metabolism protein (LMP) nucleic acid, generating from the plant cell the transgenic plant, and selectin a transgenic plant having an increased level of seed storage compound as compared to an untransformed wild type variety of the plant, wherein the nucleic acid encodes a polypeptide that functions as a modulator of a seed storage compound in the plant, and wherein the LMP nucleic acid comprises a) the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:29; b) a polynucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:30; c) a polynucleotide sequence having at least 95% sequence identity with the polynucleotide sequence of a) or b) above; d) a polynucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity with the sequence of SEQ ID NO:30; e) a polynucleotide sequence that hybridizes to the complement of the polynucleotide sequence of a) or b) above under stringent conditions which comprise hybridization in 6×SSC at about 45° C. followed by one or more washes in 0.2×SSC, 0.1% SDS at 50-65° C.; or f) a polynucleotide complementary to the polynucleotide sequence of a) or b) above.