Patent ID: 8735650
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: C07K,C12N

Abstract:
1. A method of enhancing production of a scent-related benzanoid compound in a plant or plant cell, the method comprising expressing in the plant or plant cell an exogenous polynucleotide encoding an EOBI polypeptide having an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO: 52, said polypeptide comprising a myb R2R3 bind in/domain near the N-terminus and a W-MDDIW motif near the C-terminus of said polypeptide, thereby enhancing the production of the benzanoid compound in the plant or plant cell, and wherein said benzanoid compound is selected from the group consisting of phenylacetaldehyde, ethylbenzene, benzaldehyde, methylbenzoate, isoeuglenol, benzyl alcohol, phenylethyl alcohol, vanillin and benzyl benzoate.