Patent ID: 6307124
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: C12N

Abstract:
An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein with the biological activity of a type I soluble starch synthase or comprising the complementary strand of said nucleic acid sequence, wherein the nucleic acid sequence is selected from the group consisting of:(a) a nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2;(b) a nucleic acid sequence that is the coding region of SEQ ID NO: 1;(c) a nucleic acid sequence that has more than 90% sequence identity to the entire coding region of SEQ ID NO: 1;(d) a fragment of the nucleic acid sequence of (a), (b) or (c), wherein the fragment encodes a protein which has the biological activity of a type I soluble starch synthase; and(e) a nucleic acid sequence that deviates from the sequence of any one of the nucleic acid sequences of (a), (b), (c) or (d) due to the degeneracy of the genetic code.