Patent ID: 7732680

Claim:
A recombinant vector for the expression of a polyhydroxyalkanoate biosynthetic pathway comprising three or more elements in a plant, wherein each element comprises operatively linked in the 5′ to 3′ direction: a chemically inducible promoter that directs transcription of a nucleic acid sequence; a nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein; and a 3′ polyadenylation signal sequence, wherein the nucleic acid sequences encode proteins selected from the group consisting of beta-ketothiolase, acetoacetyl-CoA reductase, PHB synthase, PHA synthase, threonine dehydratase, 3 hydroxy acyl ACP dehydratase, Δ 3-cis, Δ 2-trans isomerase, propionyl-CoA synthetase, hydroxyacyl-CoA synthetase, hydroxyacyl-CoA transferase, thioesterase, fatty acid synthesis enzymes and fatty acid beta-oxidation enzymes.