Patent ID: 7202067

Claim:
An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: a. a nucleic acid sequence encoding an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:9, an amino acid sequence consisting of positions 30 to 1268 of SEQ ID NO:3, and a fragment of any of said amino acid sequences, wherein the fragment has at least one activity selected from the group consisting of phytoene dehydrogenase (PD) activity, phytoene synthase (PS) activity, and lycopene cyclase (LC) activity; b. a nucleic acid sequence encoding an amino acid sequence that is at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO:3 or to an amino acid sequence consisting of positions 30 to 1268 of SEQ ID NO:3, wherein said amino acid sequence has the following biological activities: phytoene dehydrogenase (PD) activity, phytoene synthase (PS) activity, and lycopene cyclase (LC) activity; and c. a nucleic acid sequence that is fully complementary to any one of the nucleic acid sequences of (a)–(b).