Patent ID: 6489542
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: C07K,C12N,Y02A

Abstract:
A plant comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a Cry2Ab Bacillus thuringiensis &dgr;-endotoxin protein comprising a plant functional promoter sequence operably linked to a first polynucleotide sequence encoding a plastid transit peptide, which linked in-frame to a second polynucleotide sequence encoding said Cry2Ab Bacillus thuringiensis &dgr;-endotoxin protein, said second polynucleotide sequence being operably linked to a plant functional 3â€² end transcription termination and polyadenylation sequence, wherein expression of said nucleotide sequence in said plant yields a fusion protein comprised of an amino-terminal plastid transit peptide covalently linked to said &dgr;-endotoxin protein, and said plastid transit peptide functions to localize said &dgr;-endotoxin protein to a plastid.