Patent ID: 7429657
Filing Date: 2008-09-30
Classification: C12N

Abstract:
1. Starch obtainable from a transgenic plant cell or from a plant comprising said plant cell, said plant cell comprising an isolated DNA molecule comprising a DNA sequence or a part thereof, wherein expression of said DNA molecule or part thereof reduces the activity of a protein having starch synthase activity, and wherein the DNA sequence is: (a) a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8; (b) the coding region of SEQ ID NO: 7; (c) a nucleotide sequence that has more than 90% sequence identity to the nucleotide sequence of (a) or (b); (d) a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 10; (e) the coding region of SEQ ID NO: 9; (f) a nucleotide sequence that has more than 90% sequence identity to the nucleotide sequence of (d) or (e); (g) a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12; (h) the coding region of SEQ ID NO: 11; or (i) a nucleotide sequence that has more than 90% sequence identity to the nucleotide sequence of (g) or (h).