Transcription factor controlling phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathway

Abstract

An isolated and purified DNA having a nucleotide sequence which comprises SEQ ID NO: 1; an isolated and purified DNA which hybridizes to a DNA having a nucleotide sequence which comprises SEQ ID NO: 1 under stringent conditions, and encodes a transcription factor controlling a phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathway; a recombinant vector comprising the DNA; the recombinant vector, further comprising a promoter to which the DNA is operably fused; the recombinant vector, wherein the DNA is operably fused to the promoter in the sense or antisense direction; a plant cell into which the DNA has been introduced; a plant regenerated from the plant cell; an isolated and purified protein encoded by the DNA; and an isolated and purified DNA which encodes a protein having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2.

1 . An isolated and purified DNA having a nucleotide sequence which comprises SEQ ID NO: 1.  
     
     
         2 . The DNA of  claim 1 , having a nucleotide sequence which consists of SEQ ID NO: 1.  
     
     
         3 . An isolated and purified DNA which hybridizes to a DNA having a nucleotide sequence which comprises SEQ ID NO: 1 under stringent conditions, and encodes a transcription factor controlling a phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathway.  
     
     
         4 . The DNA of  claim 3 , wherein the stringent conditions include hybridization in 6×SSC at 55° C.  
     
     
         5 . A recombinant vector comprising the DNA of  claim 1 .  
     
     
         6 . The recombinant vector of  claim 5 , further comprising a promoter to which the DNA is operably fused.  
     
     
         7 . The recombinant vector of  claim 6 , wherein the DNA is operably fused to the promoter in the sense direction.  
     
     
         8 . The recombinant vector of  claim 6 , wherein the DNA is operably fused to the promoter in the antisense direction.  
     
     
         9 . A plant cell into which the DNA of  claim 1  has been introduced.  
     
     
         10 . A plant regenerated from the plant cell of  claim 9 .  
     
     
         11 . A recombinant vector comprising the DNA of  claim 3 .  
     
     
         12 . The recombinant vector of  claim 11 , further comprising a promoter to which the DNA is operably fused.  
     
     
         13 . The recombinant vector of  claim 12 , wherein the DNA is operably fused to the promoter in the sense direction.  
     
     
         14 . The recombinant vector of  claim 12 , wherein the DNA is operably fused to the promoter in the antisense direction.  
     
     
         15 . A plant cell into which the DNA of  claim 3  has been introduced.  
     
     
         16 . A plant regenerated from the plant cell of  claim 15 .  
     
     
         17 . An isolated and purified protein encoded by the DNA of  claim 1 .  
     
     
         18 . An isolated and purified protein encoded by the DNA of  claim 3 .  
     
     
         19 . An isolated and purified DNA which encodes a protein having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2.