Title: Plants with elevated levels of glucan

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to mutations in licheninase genes encoding polypeptides with decreased licheninase activity, which when expressed in plants results in elevated levels of glucan in the plants. In particular, the disclosure relates to licheninase nucleic acids and polypeptides related to glucan accumulation in plants, plants with reduced expression of a licheninase nucleic acid, and methods related to the generation of plants with increased glucan content in the cell walls of leaf tissue.

Inventors:

Pauly, Markus; Kraemer, Florian J.; Hake, Sarah

Issue Date:

2018-03-20

Research Org.:

Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:

USDOE

OSTI Identifier:

1429844

Patent Number(s):

9920327

Application Number:

14/123,482

Assignee:

The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):

C - CHEMISTRY C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY C07K - PEPTIDES

C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12N - MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES

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C - CHEMISTRY C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY C07K - PEPTIDES

C07K14/415 - from plants

C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12N - MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES

C12N15/01 - Preparation of mutants without inserting foreign genetic material therein
C12N15/8246 - {Non-starch polysaccharides, e.g. cellulose, fructans, levans}

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DOE Contract Number:  

SC0004822

Resource Type:

Patent

Resource Relation:

Patent File Date: 2012 Jun 01

Country of Publication:

United States

Language:

English

Subject:

59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES