PLANTS HAVING ONE OR MORE ENHANCED YIELD-RELATED TRAITS AND A METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME

摘要

Plants having one or more enhanced yield-related traits and a method for making the same are provided. It relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing various economically important yield-related traits in plants. More specifically, a method for enhancing one or more yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a POI (Protein Of Interest) polypeptide is provided. Plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a POI polypeptide are also provided, which plants have one or more enhanced yield-related traits compared with control plants. Hitherto unknown POI-encoding nucleic acids and constructs comprising the same useful in performing the method are also provided.

主权项

1. A method for enhancing one or more yield-related traits in plants relative to control plants, comprising increasing expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding an APPYNS polypeptide, wherein said (APPYNS polypeptide comprises at least one InterPro domain IPR001471 AP2/ERF domain when analysed with the InterProScan software tool, version 4.8 and InterPro release 42 (see example 4 for details), in the following named AP2 domain, or at least one PF00847 PFAM domain, and
1) any 6 of the following motifs:Motif 1 (SEQ ID NO: 25):K-C-[EK]-G-[KR]-G-G-P-D-N-[GNS]-K-F-[KR]-Y-R-G-V-R-Q-R-S-W-G-K-W-V-A-E-I-R-E-P-R-K-R-T-R-K-W-L-G-T-F-[AS]-T-A-E-D-A-A-[KR]-A-Y-D-R-A-A-[FI]-IMotif 2 (SEQ ID NO: 26): Q-T-L-R-P-L-L-P-R-P-[PS]-G-F-[GTV]Motif 3 (SEQ ID NO: 27): E-x(0,1)-Y-x(0,1)-P-x(2,3)-I-W-D-x-[EG]-DMotif 4 (SEQ ID NO: 28): L-Y-G-S-R-A-x-L-N-L-Q-P-S-[AGNV]-S-S-x(0,1)-S-x(0,2)-S-x-[GNQS]-S-x-[PS]-[ST]-SMotif 5 (SEQ ID NO: 29): D-x(3,4)-L-[GSV]-G-S-[NV]-GMotif 6 (SEQ ID NO: 30): T-x-[PT]-x-[EPT]-T-[PST]-[ANST]-[ENT]-[PST]-[ANST]-x-[NTV]-[ANT]-S-[ADNS]-N-x-S-x(0,1)-SMotif 7 (SEQ ID NO: 31): D-[PQ]-[AGV]-[LM]-x-[AIV]-[DG]-[ALP]-GMotif 8 (SEQ ID NO: 32): RKRTRKMotif 9 (SEQ ID NO: 33): RKCKGK or 2) any 7 of the motifs listed under 1); or 3) any 8 of the motifs listed under 1); or 4) any 9 of the motifs listed under 1); or 5) Motifs 8 and 9 as described herein above; or 6) Motifs 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 as described herein above; or 7) Motifs 1, 4, and 8 as described herein above; or 8) Motifs 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9 as described herein above; or 9) one of Motifs 1 to 7 or 9; or 10) all of the motifs listed under 1), and enhancing one or more-yield-related traits of said plant compared to control plants.