Patent ID: 8771424

Claim:
Starch prepared by the process that comprises extracting starch from transgenic plants or parts thereof that comprise transgenic plant cell containing a nucleic acid molecule linked to regulatory sequences guaranteeing the transcription in plant cells, wherein said nucleic acid molecule encodes a branching enzyme from a bacterium of the genus Neisseria selected from the group consisting of (a) nucleic acid molecules encoding a protein which comprises the amino acid sequence depicted in SEQ ID NO. 2; (b) nucleic acid molecules comprising the coding region depicted in SEQ ID NO. 1; (c) nucleic acid molecules encoding a protein which comprises the amino acid sequence encoded by the insert in plasmid DSM 12425; (d) nucleic acid molecules comprising the coding region for a branching enzyme, which is contained in the insert of the plasmid DSM 12425; and (e) nucleic acid molecules encoding a protein the sequence of which has, in the first 100 amino acids, a homology of at least 65% to the amino acid sequence depicted in SEQ ID NO. 2; wherein said starch has a phosphate content that is at last 20% reduced as compared to starch from a corresponding wild type plant.