Patent ID: 7301070

Claim:
A method for producing medium-chain fatty acids in transgenic plant seeds by expression of one or more plant medium-chain thioesterase proteins heterologous to said transgenic plant, comprising (a) providing for expression of a plant synthase factor protein heterologous to said transgenic plant, wherein said synthase is a β-ketoacyl-ACP synthase (KAS) factor A protein from a Cuphea species: (b) providing for expression of said one or more plant medium-chain thioesterase proteins in conjunction with (a), whereby the percentage of medium-chain fatty acids produced in said transgenic plant seeds expressing both said plant synthase factor protein and said one or more plant medium-chain thioesterase proteins is increased as compared to the percentage of medium-chain fatty acids produced in seeds expressing only said one or more plant medium-chain thioesterase proteins.