ENDO-1,4-BETA-D-GLUCANASE

摘要

PCT No. PCT/GB93/00424 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 4, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 4, 1994 PCT Filed Mar. 1, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO93/17101 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 2, 1993A sequence encoding an enzyme having a xyloglucan-specific endo-(1-4)-beta-D-glucanase activity, and functional equivalents thereof, is disclosed. Also disclosed are vectors comprising such sequences, and transgenic plants into which such sequences have been introduced, a method of altering the characteristics of a plant, and a method of producing an enzyme having the activity defined above by means of recombinant DNA technology.