Modification of lignin biosynthesis

摘要

The present invention relates to the modification of lignin biosynthesis in plants and, more particularly, to enzymes involved in the lignin biosynthetic pathway and nucleic acids encoding such enzymes.

主权项

1. A vector comprising a substantially purified or isolated nucleic acid or nucleic acid fragment selected from the group consisting of:
(a) a nucleic acid or nucleic acid fragment encoding a CCR comprising the sequence shown in Sequence ID No: 7; (b) an open reading frame encoding a CCR shown in FIG. 10; (c) the complements of the sequences recited in (a) and (b); (d) sequences antisense to the full length of the sequences recited in (a), (b) and (c); and (e) functionally active variants of the sequences recited in (a), (b), (c), and (d), being capable of modifying lignin biosynthesis in a plant and having at least 95% identity to the entirety of the sequence recited in (a), (b), (c) or (d); wherein the nucleic acid or nucleic acid fragment is operably linked to a heterologous regulatory element.