Patent ID: 6459019
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: C12N,C12P

Abstract:
A plant comprising in its genome two foreign nucleotide sequences which cause seeds obtained from said plant to accumulate lysine at a level of at least ten percent higher than do seeds of a plant which do not comprise said foreign nucleotide sequences in its genome wherein the foreign nucleotide sequences each comprise a nucleic acid fragment, said fragments being different from each other, and said fragments each being operably linked to a plant seed specific promoter and said fragments are (a) a nucleic acid fragment encoding a dihydrodipicolinic acid synthase which is substantially insensitive to lysine inhibition and further when said fragment is operably linked to a plant chloroplast transit sequence, and (b) a nucleic acid fragment encoding a plant lysine ketoglutarate reductase or a subfragment thereof wherein said fragment or subfragment can be used in antisense inhibition or cosuppression.