Patent ID: 6211436
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: C12N

Abstract:
An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein with a biological activity of a starch synthase, 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) the coding region of SEQ ID NO: 1;(c) a nucleic acid sequence that has 60% or greater sequence identity to the nucleic acid sequence of (a) or (b) and encodes a protein with starch synthase activity;(d) a fragment of the nucleic acid sequence of (a), (b) or (c), wherein the fragment has the biological activity of a starch synthase; and(e) the respective complementary strand of the nucleic acid sequence of (a), (b), (c) or (d).