Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of increasing production of amorpha-4,11-diene and method of increasing production of natural rubber
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Application No.: US14942476Application Date: 2015-11-16
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Publication No.: US09719110B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Haruhiko Yamaguchi , Yukino Inoue , Keiji Takagi , Kazuhisa Fushihara , Toshiya Muranaka , Keiko Suzuki , Kanako Kobayashi
- Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. , OSAKA UNIVERSITY
- Applicant Address: JP Kobe-shi, Hyogo JP Suita-shi
- Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.,OSAKA UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.,OSAKA UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kobe-shi, Hyogo JP Suita-shi
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: JP2014-242895 20141201
- Main IPC: C12P5/00
- IPC: C12P5/00 ; C12N15/82

Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of increasing production of amorpha-4,11-diene and a method of increasing production of natural rubber. The present invention relates to a method of increasing production of amorpha-4,11-diene which includes the step of attaching an enzyme inhibitor to Arabidopsis thaliana into which has been introduced a gene encoding amorphadiene synthase. The enzyme inhibitor inhibits at least one enzyme other than amorphadiene synthase, that catalyzes an enzymatic reaction in which farnesyl diphosphate acts as a substrate. The present invention also relates to a method of increasing production of natural rubber which includes the step of attaching an enzyme inhibitor to a rubber-producing plant. The enzyme inhibitor inhibits at least one enzyme other than enzymes involved in natural rubber synthesis, that catalyzes an enzymatic reaction in which farnesyl diphosphate acts as a substrate.
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