Patent ID: 9157088
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: C12N

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a plant cell or plant with increased ascorbate relative to a control plant, the method comprising transformation of a plant cell or plant with a polynucleotide encoding at least one of: a) a polypeptide with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, and b) a polypeptide with an amino acid sequence with at least 72% identity to SEQ ID NO:1 and having GDP-L-Galactose Guanyltransferase activity, wherein the polypeptide in b) further comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO:12 and SEQ ID NO:13, wherein the control plant is not a plant with a mutation that results in decreased ascorbate, and wherein the control plant has not been transformed with the polynucleotide.