Patent Number: 7439419
Docket Number: 11803
Serial Number: 11272958
Date Patented: 10/21/2008

Summary: Nucleic acid sequences from potato that encode the enzyme .beta.-solanine/.beta.-chaconine rhamnosyltransferase (SGT3) are disclosed. Recombinant DNA molecules containing the sequences, and use thereof, in particular, use of the sequences and antisense constructs to inhibit the production of SGT3 and thereby reduce levels of the predominant steroidal glycoalkaloids .alpha.-chaconine and .alpha.-solanine in Solanaceous plants such as potato are described. Patent Status: Patent issued on October 21, 2008. Link at USPTO filed under patent title "Solanum tuberosum .beta.-solanine/.beta.-chaconine rhamnosyl transferase sequences and uses thereof." Inventors: Kent McCue Crop Improvement & Utilization Research USDA, ARS, PWA, WRRC-CIU 800 BUCHANAN STREET ALBANY, CA, 94710 Phone: (510) 559-5796 Fax: (510) 559-5818 kent.mccue@ars.usda.gov Paul Allen (same address as first inventor) Phone: (510) 559-5631 Fax: (510) 559-5818 paul.allen@ars.usda.gov David Rockhold (same address as first inventor) Phone: (510) 559-5722 Fax: (510) 559-5818 david.rockhold@ars.usda.gov William Belknap (same address as first inventor) Phone: (510) 559-6072 Fax: (510) 559-5818 william.belknap@ars.usda.gov Mary Maccree (former ARS employee) Louise Sheperd/ Howard Davies Scottish Crop Research Institute Invergowrie Dundee CA 94710 Scotland