Patent ID: 7323624

Claim:
A recombinant nucleic acid molecule comprising: a) regulatory sequences of a promoter that is active in plant cells; and b) operatively linked thereto a nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein having the enzymatic activity of a sinapate glucosyltransferase (SGT), or a fragment thereof, sufficient to inhibit the endogenous expression of SGT, wherein the nucleic acid sequence is selected from the group consisting of: i) nucleic acid sequences comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 3 or fragments thereof, ii) nucleic acid sequences comprising the nucleotide sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 1 or parts thereof; iii) nucleic acid sequences comprising a nucleotide sequence hybridising under stringent conditions with a complementary strand of the nucleic acid sequence from i) or ii), or comprising parts of this nucleotide sequence, wherein the stringent conditions include a hybridization buffer solution comprising about 7% SDS, about 250 mM NaCl, about 250 mM K-phosphate buffer at pH 7.0, and 1 mM EDTA and a hybridization temperature of about 58-60° C.; and iv) nucleic acid sequences having at least 98% identity with a nucleotide sequence from i) or ii).