Patent ID: 8362319
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: A01H,C07K,C12N,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method of increasing fatty acid content in a seed of a plant relative to a corresponding control plant comprising, i) transforming a plant or plant cell with an expression vector comprising a lipid metabolism protein (LMP) nucleic acid; ii) generating from the plant cell a transgenic plant; and iii) selecting a plant having increased fatty acid content in a seed relative to a corresponding control plant; wherein the nucleic acid comprises a polynucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of: a) the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:11; b) a polynucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence that is encoded by the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:11; c) a polynucleotide sequence having at least 95% sequence identity with the full-length LMP nucleic acid of a) or b) above; and d) a polynucleotide sequence that hybridizes under stringent conditions to the full-length LMP nucleic acid of a) or b) above, wherein the stringent conditions comprise one or more washes in 0.2×SSC, 0.1% SDS at 50-65° C.