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Class 800/281 - The polynucleotide alters fat, fatty oil, ester-type wax, or fatty acid production in the plant


Subclass of Class 800 - Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes
Definition: Method wherein the polynucleotide confers a change in
No. of patents: 785
Last issue date: 03/13/2012


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NumberTitleIssue Date
8134046Method for producing arachidonic acid and/or eicosapentaenoic acid in useful transgenic plants
The present invention relates to a process for producing arachidonic acid and/or eicosapentaenoic acid in transgenic useful plants by introducing into the plant nucleic acids coding for polypeptides having Δ6-desaturase, Δ6-elongase or Δ5-desaturase activity. Fur...
03/13/2012
8124838Desaturases and methods of using them for synthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids
The amino acid and nucleic acid sequences of a Δ5-desaturase enzyme and a Δ8-desaturase enzyme are disclosed. The nucleic acid sequences can be used to design recombinant DNA constructs and vectors. These vectors can then be used to transform...
02/28/2012
8106253Generation of plants with altered protein, fiber, or oil content
The present invention is directed to plants that display an improved oil quantity phenotype or an improved meal quality phenotype due to altered expression of an IMQ nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an improved oil...
01/31/2012
8088974Production of polyunsaturated fatty acids, novel biosynthesis genes, and novel plant expression constructs
The present invention relates to a method for the production of unsaturated fatty acids with at least two double bonds. The invention furthermore relates to the use of nucleic acid sequences SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 5 and SEQ ID NO: 11 encoding polypep...
01/03/2012
8053633Fungal desaturases and related methods
The presently-disclosed subject matter provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences encoding mushroom desaturase polypeptides that are active with both palmitic and stearic acid, as well as vectors and transgenic plant cells comprising nucleic acids of th...
11/08/2011
8049064Method for producing polyunsaturated C- and C-fatty acids with at least four double bonds in transgenic plants
The present invention relates to a process for the production of polyunsaturated fatty acids in transgenic plants, by introducing, into the plant, the nucleic acids which code for polypeptides with Δ6-desaturase, Δ6-elongase, a Δ5-desaturase, Δ5-elongase, Δ4-de...
11/01/2011
8049065Transgenic systems for the manufacture of poly(2-hydroxy-butyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate)
Methods for engineering transgenic organisms that synthesize polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) containing 3-hydroxyhexanoate as comonomer have been developed. These processes are based on genetically engineered bacteria such as Escherichia coli or in plant crops a...
11/01/2011
8034993Generation of plants with altered protein, fiber, or oil content
The present invention is directed to plants that display an improved oil quantity phenotype or an improved meal quality phenotype due to altered expression of an IMQ nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an improved oil...
10/11/2011
8030540Transgenic corn having enhanced nutritional qualities
The invention provides transgenic corn seed, which expresses a gene encoding a double mutant of the E. coli glgC gene in endosperm plastids, wherein the mutant protein has a proline to aspartic acid substitution at amino acid 295 and a glutamic acid to lysine...
10/04/2011
8030541Generation of plants with altered protein, fiber, or oil content
The present invention is directed to plants that display an improved oil quantity phenotype or an improved meal quality phenotype due to altered expression of an IMQ nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an improved oil...
10/04/2011
7943818Soybean seed and oil compositions and methods of making same
Methods for obtaining soybean plants that produce seed with low linolenic acid levels and moderately increased oleic levels are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for producing seed with low linolenic acid levels, moderately increased oleic levels and low saturat...
05/17/2011
7939714Diacylglycerol acyltransferase nucleic acid sequences and associated products
The present invention is directed to polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences related thereto, and methods to purify, obtain, and use such molecules in genetic engineering applications. More specifically, the present invention relates to polypeptides associated with ...
05/10/2011
7939713Method for screening transgenic plants for anthelmintic activity
The present invention provides DNA constructs, transgenic plants containing such constructs, and methods of making the plants. The DNA constructs encode a polypeptide that when expressed results in the production of fatty acid compounds having anthelmintic activity....
05/10/2011
7935863Diacylglycerol acyltransferase nucleic acid sequences and associated products
The present invention is directed to polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences related thereto, and methods to purify, obtain, and use such molecules in genetic engineering applications. More specifically, the present invention relates to polypeptides associated with ...
05/03/2011
7932435Method of screening transgenic plants for anthelmintic activity
The present invention provides a method of screening transgenic plants containing a DNA construct encoding a polypeptide that when expressed in the plant results in the production of fatty acid compounds for anthelmintic activity by contacting the plants with a plur...
04/26/2011
7915480F-box protein targeted plant oil production
Disclosed are genetic constructs, transgenic plant cells and transgenic plants, as well as associated methods, for increasing oil production in a plant using F-box gene sequences. ...
03/29/2011
7893320Method for producing multiple unsaturated fatty acids in plants
The present invention relates to a method for the production of fatty acid esters which comprise unsaturated fatty acids with at least three double bonds, and to free unsaturated fatty acids with a content of at least 1% by weight based on the total fatty acids pres...
02/22/2011
7893321Safflower with elevated gamma-linolenic acid
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for preparing gamma-linoleic acid (GLA) in safflower plants, particularly from seeds of safflower. Nucleic acid sequences and constructs encoding one or more fatty acid desaturase sequences are used to genera...
02/22/2011
7858845Sugar and lipid metabolism regulators in plants IV
Isolated nucleic acids and proteins associated with lipid and sugar metabolism regulation are provided. In particular, lipid metabolism proteins (LMP) and encoding nucleic acids originating from Arabidopsis thaliana, Brassica napus, and Physcomitrella pate...
12/28/2010
7858846Generation of plants with altered oil content
The present invention is directed to isolated HI041 nucleic acid and protein, and to plants that display an altered oil content phenotype due to altered expression of a HI041 nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an alt...
12/28/2010
7855321Plant acyltransferases specific for long-chained, multiply unsaturated fatty acids
The present invention relates to a process for the production of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in an organism by introducing, into the organism, nucleic acids which code for polypeptides with acyl transferase activity. These nucleic acid sequences, if appro...
12/21/2010
7851672Generation of plants with altered oil, protein, or fiber content
The present invention is directed to plants that display an improved oil quantity phenotype or an improved meal quality phenotype due to altered expression of an HIO nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an improved oil...
12/14/2010
7851673Generation of plants with altered oil, protein, or fiber content
The present invention is directed to plants that display an improved oil quantity phenotype or an improved meal quality phenotype due to altered expression of an HIO nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an improved oil...
12/14/2010
7851674Generation of plants with altered oil, protein, or fiber content
The present invention is directed to plants that display an improved oil quantity phenotype or an improved meal quality phenotype due to altered expression of an HIO nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an improved oil...
12/14/2010
7847153Plant promoters for use in early seed development
The present invention relates to DNA molecules that encode transcription regulatory regions. Furthermore, this present invention relates to nucleotide sequences encoding transcription regulatory regions that promote early seed enhanced or seed coat enhanced transcri...
12/07/2010
7812220Engineering β-ketoacyl ACP synthase for novel substrate specificity
Methods of altering substrate specificity of beta-ketoacyl-ACP synthase, and engineered beta-ketoacyl-ACP synthases so produced are provided. DNA sequences and constructs for expression of engineered beta-ketoacyl-ACP synthases, as well as the novel beta-ketoacyl-AC...
10/12/2010
7790953Soybean seed and oil compositions and methods of making same
Methods for obtaining soybean plants that produce seed with low linolenic acid levels and moderately increased oleic levels are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for producing seed with low linolenic acid levels, moderately increased oleic levels and low saturat...
09/07/2010
7790954Generation of plants with altered oil, protein, or fiber content
The present invention is directed to plants that display an improved oil quantity phenotype or an improved meal quality phenotype due to altered expression of an HIO nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an improved oil...
09/07/2010
7777098Method for producing unsaturated ω-3-fatty acids in transgenic organisms
The present invention relates to a process for production of unsaturated ω-3-fatty acids and to a process for production of triglycerides with an elevated content of unsaturated fatty acids, especially of ω-3-fatty acids having more than three double bonds. The in...
08/17/2010
7750205Generation of plants with altered oil content
The present invention is directed to plants that display an altered oil content phenotype due to altered expression of a HIO102 nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an altered oil content phenotype. ...
07/06/2010
7745695Generation of plants with altered oil content
The present invention is directed to plants that display an altered oil content phenotype due to altered expression of a HIO1005 nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an altered oil content phenotype. ...
06/29/2010
7745694Methods and compositions for synthesis of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in plants
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for preparing polyunsaturated long chain fatty acids in plants, plant parts and plant cells, such as leaves, roots, fruits and seeds. Nucleic acid sequences and constructs encoding fatty acid desaturases, inc...
06/29/2010
7741532Diacylglycerol acyl transferase proteins
The invention provides diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DAGAT) proteins, wherein said proteins are active in the formation of triacylglycerol from fatty acyl and diacylglycerol substrates. In one aspect, Mortierella ramanniana DAGAT proteins have been isolated...
06/22/2010
7714185Method for the production of polyunsaturated fatty acids
The present invention relates to an improved process for the specific production of poly-unsaturated omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids and a process for the production of triglycerides having an increased content of unsaturated fatty acids, in particular omega-3 and o...
05/11/2010
7700833Process for the production of unsaturated fatty acids
The invention relates to processes for the production of unsaturated fatty acids, preferably of conjugated polyunsaturated fatty acids such as conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), by the recombinant expression of desaturases from insects of the order Lepidoptera. Express...
04/20/2010
7678960Generation of plants with altered oil, protein, or fiber content
The present invention is directed to plants that display an improved oil quantity phenotype or an improved meal quality phenotype due to altered expression of an HIO nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an improved oil...
03/16/2010
7671252Fad4, Fad5, Fad5-2, and Fad6, novel fatty acid desaturase family members and uses thereof
The invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules which encode novel fatty acid desaturase family members. The invention also provides recombinant expression vectors containing desaturase nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have...
03/02/2010
RE41139Polyunsaturated fatty acids in plants
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for preparing polyunsaturated long chain fatty acids in plants, plant parts and plant cells, such as leaves, roots, fruits and seeds. Nucleic acid sequences and constructs encoding fatty acid desaturases, inc...
02/16/2010
7663020Generation of plants with altered oil content
The present disclosure is directed to plants and plant cells that display an altered oil content phenotype due to altered expression of a HIO nucleic acid. The disclosure is further directed to methods of generating plants with an altered oil content phenotype. ...
02/16/2010
7655833ADS genes for reducing saturated fatty acid levels in seed oils
The present invention relates to enzymes involved in lipid metabolism. In particular, the present invention provides coding sequences for Arabidopsis Desaturases (ADS), the encoded ADS polypeptides, and methods for using the sequences and encoded polypeptides...
02/02/2010
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