Patent ID: 7049490

Claim:
An isolated DNA encoding a protein selected from the group consisting of: (a) a DNA encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2; (b) a DNA comprising the nucleotide sequence from position 1 to 1119 set forth in SEQ ID NO 4; and (c) a DNA encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2 in which one to 10 amino acids are substituted, deleted, added, and/or inserted and wherein said protein: (i) has gibberellin 3β-hydrolase activity; (ii) conserves amino acids corresponding to amino acids from 222 to 229 and 285 to 290 in the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2; and (iii) has a motif represented by Met-Trp-X-Glu-Gly-X-Thr, wherein X is any amino acid.