Patent ID: 8143478

Claim:
A recombinant vector containing a fused gene formed of : (A) a gene according to (i) (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v): (i) a gene encoding a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 30, 32, or 34; (ii) a gene encoding a peptide consisting of an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 30, 32, or 34 by deletion, substitution, insertion, or addition of one or several amino acids and having transport activity to chromoplasts in petals; (iii) a gene consisting of DNA consisting of the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 29, 31, or 33; (iv) a gene consisting of DNA that hybridizes under stringent conditions to DNA consisting of a nucleotide sequence complementary to DNA consisting of the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 29, 31, or 33 and that encodes a peptide having transport activity to chromoplasts in petals; or (v) a gene consisting of DNA that consists of a nucleotide sequence at least 80% homologous to the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 29, 31, or 33 and that encodes a peptide having transport activity to chromoplasts in petals; and (B) one, or two or more genes encoding an enzyme protein involved in the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway.