Patent ID: 7964769

Claim:
A method of producing a transgenic plant having a modified level of a seed storage compound comprising, transforming a plant cell with an expression vector comprising a lipid metabolism protein (LMP) nucleic acid, and generating from the plant cell the transgenic plant, and selecting a transgenic plant having an increased level of seed storage compound as compared to an untransformed wild type variety of the plant, wherein the nucleic acid encodes a polypeptide that functions as a modulator of a seed storage compound in the plant, and wherein the LMP nucleic acid comprises a polynucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of: a) the full-length polynucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:41; b) a polynucleotide sequence encoding the polypeptide as shown in SEQ ID NO:42; c) a polynucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity with the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 42; d) a polynucleotide sequence that hybridizes under stringent conditions to the complement of the full-length polynucleotide sequence of a) or b) above under stringent conditions which comprise hybridization in 6×SSC at about 45° C. followed by one or more washes in 0.2×SSC, 0.1% SDS at 50-65° C.; and e) a polynucleotide complementary to the full-length polynucleotide sequence of a) or b) above.