Compositions and methods for enhancing oil content in plants
The present invention provides transgenic plants with altered oil content. The invention further provides nucleic acid sequences and methods for generating such plants.
1. A transgenic plant comprising an expression construct comprising a heterologous promoter operably linked to a nucleic acid molecule having at least 95% identity to SEQ ID NO: 38.
2. The transgenic plant of claim 1 , selected from the group consisting of Corn, Rapeseed/Canola, Soybean, Sugarcane, Sugar Beet, Barley, Wheat, Jatropha, Castor Bean, Chinese Tallow, Palm, Camelina, and Mustard.
3. The transgenic plant of claim 1 , wherein the plant is algae.
4. The transgenic plant of claim 3 , wherein said algae is selected from the group consisting of Neochloris oleoabundans, Scenedesmus dimorphus, Euglena gracilis, Phaeodactylum tricornutum, Pleurochrysis carterae, Tetraselmis chui, Tetraselmis suecica, Isochrysis galbana, Nannochloropsis salina, Nannochloropsis oculata, Botryococcus braunii, Dunaliella tertiolecta, Nannochloris sp., Spirulina sp., Chlorella sp., Crypthecodinium cohnii, Cylindrotheca sp., Dunaliella primolecta, Monallanthus salina, Nitzschia sp., Schizochytrium sp. and Tetraselmis sueica.
5. The transgenic plant of claim 3 , wherein said algae is selected from the group consisting of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Chlorella vulgaris , and Phaeodactylum tricornutum.
6. A vector comprising a nucleic acid sequence, wherein said nucleic acid sequence comprises a heterologous promoter operably linked to a nucleic acid molecule having at least 95% identity to SEQ ID NO: 38.
7. The vector of claim 6 , wherein said heterologous promoter is selected from the group consisting of a constitutive promoter, an inducible promoter, and a tissue-specific promoter.
8. A seed obtained from a transgenic plant of claim 1 , wherein said seed comprises said expression construct.
9. A seed obtained by use of the vector of claim 6 , wherein said seed comprises said vector.