DNA SEQUENCE ENCODING PLANT 2-ACYLTRANSFERASE

摘要

Plants, particuiarly tranagenic plants, may be produced having a 2-acyltrarsferase enzyme from Limnanthes with an altered substrate specificity comr.pared to the native enzyme. For example, oil seed rape (Brassica napus) may contain the 2-acyltransferase tranagene derived from Limnanthes douglasii in order to produce trierucin. The cDNA seque:nce of Limnanthes douglassi 2-acyltransferase and its equivalent protein sequence are disclosed.