Patent ID: 6864405

Claim:
A transgenic plant having a gene construct comprising a nucleic acid encoding a nitrogen assimilation/metabolism enzyme operably linked to a plant promoter so that the nitrogen assimilation/metabolism enzyme is ectopically overexpressed in the transgenic plant, and the transgenic plant exhibits: i) faster rate of growth, ii) greater fresh or dry weight at maturation, iii) greater fruit or seed yield, iv) greater total plant nitrogen content, v) greater fruit or seed nitrogen content, vi) greater free amino acid content in the whole plant, vii) greater free amino acid content in the fruit or seed, viii) greater protein content in seed or fruit, or ix) greater protein content in a vegetative tissue, than a progenitor plant which does not contain the gene construct, when the transgenic plant and the progenitor plant are cultivated under identical nitrogen non-limiting growth conditions, wherein the nitrogen assimilation/metabolism enzyme is glutamate 2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase.