Mariya Somleva;Himani Chinnapen;Aminat Ali;Oliver P. Peoples;Jihong Tang;Karen Bohmert-Tatarev;Kristi D. Snell;Nii Patterson
发明人:
Mariya Somleva,Himani Chinnapen,Aminat Ali,Kristi D. Snell,Oliver P. Peoples,Nii Patterson,Jihong Tang,Karen Bohmert-Tatarev
申请号：
US13233498
公开号：
US20120060413A1
申请日:
2011.09.15
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
Transgenic plants, transgenic plant material, and transgenic plant cells for the improved synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates, preferably poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (also referred to as PHB), have been developed. In one embodiment, carbon flow is modulated to increase production of PHB. Preferred plants that can be genetically engineered to produce PHB include plants that produce a large amount of lignocellulosic biomass that can be converted into biofuels, such as switchgrass, Miscanthus, Sorghum, sugarcane, millets, Napier grass and other forage and turf grasses. An exemplary plant that can be genetically engineered to produce PHB and produces lignocellulosic biomass is switchgrass, Panicum virgatum L. A preferred cultivar of switchgrass is Alamo. Other suitable cultivars of switchgrass include, but are not limited to, Blackwell, Kanlow, Nebraska 28, Pathfinder, Cave-in-Rock, Shelter and Trailblazer.
