US 7,601,890 B2
Plant sterol acyltransferases
Michael Lassner, Redwood City, Calif. (US); and Alison Van Eenennaam, Davis, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, Mo. (US)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/550,737.
Application 11/550737 is a division of application No. 09/651651, filed on Aug. 30, 2000, granted, now 7,157,619.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/152493, filed on Aug. 30, 1999.
Prior Publication US 2007/0269859 A1, Nov. 22, 2007
Int. Cl. C12N 15/29 (2006.01); C12N 15/54 (2006.01); C12N 15/63 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01); A01H 5/00 (2006.01); A01H 5/10 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 800—281  [800/287; 800/298; 435/419; 435/320.1; 536/23.1; 536/23.2; 536/23.6] 24 Claims
 
1. An isolated nucleic acid sequence comprising a polynucleotide selected from the group consisting of
a) an isolated polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 7;
b) an isolated polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:7 and having lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase-like activity;
c) an isolated polynucleotide having at least 95% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 6 and encoding a polypeptide having lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase-like activity; and
d) an isolated polynucleotide complementary to a polynucleotide of (a), (b) or (c); and
wherein the coding sequence is operably linked to a heterologous regulatory sequence functional in plants.