Patent ID: 6930223

Claim:
A method of modifying the content or composition, or content and composition, of a metabolite in the seed of a plant comprising: (i) introducing into a plant a chimeric gene comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a sunflower seed albumin protein placed operably in connection with a promoter sequence capable of conferring expression in the seed wherein the nucleotide sequence is expessed in the seed; and (ii) determining the content or composition, or content and composition, of a metabolite in the seed, said metabolite selected from the group consisting of fatty acid, starch, soluble non-starch polysaccharide, insoluble non-starch polysaccharide, fibre arid total protein nitrogen, wherein the plant has a modified content or composition, or content and composition, of a metabolite in the seed thereof, as compared to a plant in which said chimeric gene is not expressed, and wherein the plant is wheat, oats, maize, barley, rice, sorghum, millet, rye, safflower, sunflower, soybean, pea, bean, lentil, or chickpea.