Patent ID: 7511191

Claim:
An isolated nucleic acid which comprises a polynucleotide encoding a protein that binds a D-galactosyl group through the Î±(1â†’6) bond to the hydroxyl group attached to the carbon atom at 6-position of the D-glucose residue in a sucrose molecule to form raffinose, wherein said polynucleotide comprises a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of: (a) a nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence as depicted in SEQ ID NO: 3, (b) a nucleotide sequence depicted by the 236 th to 2584 th nucleotides in the nucleotide sequence as depicted in SEQ ID NO: 4, (c) a nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence as depicted in SEQ ID NO: 5, and (d) a nucleotide sequence depicted by the 134 th to 2467 th nucleotides in the nucleotide sequence as depicted in SEQ ID NO: 6.