Patent ID: 8319018

Claim:
An isolated nucleic acid molecule, comprising, from the 5′ end to the 3′ end: (i) a sequence having at least 95% identity with the polynucleotide extending from nucleotide 5907 to nucleotide 6086 of SEQ ID NO:1, (ii) a sequence having at least 95% identity with the polynucleotide extending from nucleotide 6181 to nucleotide 6467 of SEQ ID NO:1, and (iii) a sequence having at least 95% identity with the polynucleotide extending from nucleotide 7046 to nucleotide 7915 of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the nucleic acid molecule encodes an active 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase (ACCS) protein having enzyme activity to transform S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) to 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC).