Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants and uses thereof for plant improvement

• US 20070044171A1
• Filed: 11/06/2003
• Published: 02/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: David Kovalic, James Masucci, Joseph Byrum, Scott Andersen, Timothy Conner, Yihua Zhou
• Original Assignee: David Kovalic, James Masucci, Joseph Byrum, Scott Andersen, Timothy Conner, Yihua Zhou
• Inventors: Andersen, Scott, Conner, Timothy, Byrum, Joseph, Zhou, Yihua, Kovalic, David, Masucci, James
• Granted Patent: US 7,214,786 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 800/278
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 22/00 Cultivation of specific crops or plants not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: C07K 14/415 from plants
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 15/8243 involving biosynthetic or metabolic pathways, i.e. metabolic engineering, e.g. nicotine, caffeine
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 15/8245 involving modified carbohydrate or sugar alcohol metabolism, e.g. starch biosynthesis
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 15/8247 involving modified lipid metabolism, e.g. seed oil composition
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 15/8251 Amino acid content, e.g. synthetic storage proteins, altering amino acid biosynthesis
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 15/8255 involving lignin biosynthesis
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 15/8261 with agronomic (input) traits, e.g. crop yield
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 15/8269 Photosynthesis
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 15/8273 for drought, cold, salt resistance
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 15/8274 for herbicide resistance
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 15/8279 for biotic stress resistance, pathogen resistance, disease resistance
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 15/902 using homologous recombination

Abstract

Recombinant polynucleotides and recombinant polypeptides useful for improvement of plants are provided. The disclosed recombinant polynucleotides and recombinant polypeptides find use in production of transgenic plants to produce plants having improved properties.

Claims

1. ) A recombinant polynucleotide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:

1 through SEQ ID NO;

105,582.

2. ) A recombinant polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:

105,583 through SEQ ID NO;

211,164.

3. ) A method of producing a plant having an improved property, wherein said method comprises transforming a plant with a recombinant construct comprising a promoter region functional in a plant cell operably joined to a polynucleotide comprising a coding sequence for a polypeptide associated with said property, and growing said transformed plant, wherein said polypeptide is selected from the group consisting of:

a) a polypeptide useful for improving plant cold tolerance, wherein said polypeptide comprises a sequence identified as such in Table 1;

b) a polypeptide useful for manipulating growth rate in plant cells by modification of the cell cycle pathway, wherein said polypeptide comprises a sequence identified as such in Table 1;

c) a polypeptide useful for improving plant drought tolerance, wherein said polypeptide comprises a sequence identified as such in Table 1;

d) a polypeptide useful for providing increased resistance to plant disease, wherein said polypeptide comprises a sequence identified as such in Table 1;

e) a polypeptide useful for galactomannan production, wherein said polynucleotide comprises a sequence identified as such in Table 1;

f) a polypeptide useful for production of plant growth regulators, wherein said polypeptide comprises a sequence identified as such in Table 1;

g) a polypeptide useful for improving plant heat tolerance, wherein said polypeptide comprises a sequence identified as such in Table 1;

h) a polypeptide useful for improving plant tolerance to herbicides, wherein said polypeptide comprises a sequence identified as such in Table 1;

i) a polypeptide useful for increasing the rate of homologous recombination in plants, wherein said polypeptide comprises a sequence identified as such in Table 1;

j) a polypeptide useful for lignin production, wherein said polypeptide comprises a sequence identified as such in Table 1;

k) a polypeptide useful for improving plant tolerance to extreme osmotic conditions, wherein said polypeptide comprises a sequence identified as such in Table 1;

l) a polypeptide useful for improving plant tolerance to pathogens or pests, wherein said polypeptide comprises a sequence identified as such in Table 1;

m) a polypeptide useful for yield improvement by modification of photosynthesis, wherein said polynucleotide comprises a sequence identified as such in Table 1;

n) a polypeptide useful for modifying seed oil yield and/or content, wherein said polypeptide comprises a sequence identified as such in Table 1;

o) a polypeptide useful for modifying seed protein yield and/or content, wherein said polypeptide comprises a sequence identified as such in Table 1;

p) a polypeptide encoding a plant transcription factor, wherein said polypeptide comprises a sequence identified as such in Table 1;

q) a polypeptide useful for yield improvement by modification of carbohydrate use and/or uptake, wherein said polypeptide comprises a sequence identified as such in Table 1;

r) a polypeptide useful for yield improvement by modification of nitrogen use and/or uptake, wherein said polypeptide comprises a sequence identified as such in Table 1;

s) a polypeptide useful for yield improvement by modification of phosphorus use and/or uptake, wherein said polypeptide comprises a sequence identified as such in Table 1; and

t) a polypeptide useful for yield improvement by providing improved plant growth and development under at least one stress condition, wherein said polypeptide comprises a sequence identified as such in Table 1.