Patent ID: 7667095
Filing Date: 2010-02-23
Classification: C11B,C12N,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A transgenic plant comprising at least one DNA construct, said construct comprising: (a) a codon-optimized nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide effective for catalysing the conversion of a substrate to a C16, C18, or C20 monounsaturated fatty acid product, wherein said polypeptide has at least 95% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:136, wherein said fatty acid product has the following structure: wherein X is hydrogen, CoA, glycerol, a monoglyceride, a diglyceride, ACP, methyl, Na+, phosphatidylcholine, or phosphatidylethanolamine, and wherein R3 is C2, C4, or C6 alkyl; and (b) a regulatory element operably linked to said codon-optimized nucleic acid encoding said polypeptide, wherein said regulatory element confers expression in a vegetative tissue of said plant, and wherein said transgenic plant has anthelmintic activity, said at least one DNA construct further comprises at least one regulatory element that confers expression in vegetative tissues of a plant operably linked to a nucleic acid that encodes a PDAT or DAGAT polypeptide.