US2015159169A1PendingUtilityA1

Plants Tolerant to HPPD Inhibitor Herbicides

Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AGPriority: Dec 23, 2009Filed: Oct 10, 2014Published: Jun 11, 2015
Est. expiryDec 23, 2029(~3.4 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
C12Y 103/01012C12N 9/001C12N 9/0069C12N 15/8274C12Y 113/11027
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Abstract

present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences encoding a hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.27, abbreviated herein as HPPD) obtained from bacteria belonging to the genus Kordia , as well as the proteins encoded thereby, and to a chimeric gene which comprises such nucleic acid sequence, and to the use of such nucleic acid sequences, proteins or chimeric genes for obtaining plants which are tolerant to HPPD inhibitor herbicides.

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         17 . A plant, a plant part, a plant cell, or a seed comprising a chimeric gene comprising a coding sequence operably-linked to a plant-expressible promoter, wherein the coding sequence comprises
 a) a nucleic acid sequence encoding a  Kordia  hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 4 from amino acid position 2 to amino acid position 387; or   b) a nucleic acid sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 4 from amino acid position 2 to amino acid position 387, wherein one or more amino acids of SEQ ID No. 4 are substituted at amino acid positions 195, 219, 220, 221, 222, 234, 237, 238, 239, 240, 249, 299, 329, 372, 373, 367, and 368 with an amino acid set forth in the table below:   
       
         
           
                 
                 
                 
               
                     
                 
                   Amino acid in 
                   Position in 
                     
                 
                   SEQ ID No. 4 
                   SEQ ID No. 4 
                   Substitutions 
                 
                     
                 
                   Val 
                   195 
                   Thr, Cys, Ala, Gly, 
                 
                   Ile 
                   219 
                   Phe, Tyr, Leu, Val, Ala, Gln, Glu, Asp, 
                 
                     
                     
                   Gly, Thr, Ser, Met, Arg, Lys 
                 
                   Ile 
                   220 
                   Ala, Trp, Leu, Ser, Arg, Lys, His, Asp, 
                 
                     
                     
                   Glu, Pro, Gly, Asn 
                 
                   Phe 
                   222 
                   Val, Ile, Ala, Leu, Trp, Met, Gln, His 
                 
                   Leu 
                   234 
                   Met, Val 
                 
                   Lys 
                   237 
                   Ala, Val, Leu, Met, Ile, Arg, Gln, Tyr 
                 
                   Met 
                   239 
                   Leu, Val, Ile, Ala 
                 
                   Ser 
                   240 
                   Ala, Thr, Val, Arg, Lys, Glu, Leu, Ile, 
                 
                     
                     
                   Met, His 
                 
                   Ala 
                   372 
                   Glu, Gln, Ser, Val, Phe, Thr 
                 
                   Leu 
                   373 
                   Arg 
                 
                   Ser 
                   221 
                   Glu, Thr, Tyr, Phe, His, Gln, Asn, Gly, 
                 
                     
                     
                   Leu, Met, Val, Arg, Ile 
                 
                   Val 
                   238 
                   Ala, Thr 
                 
                   Pro 
                   249 
                   Ala, Val, Thr, Asn, Ile, 
                 
                   Leu 
                   299 
                   Met, Ile, Asn 
                 
                   Leu 
                   329 
                   Met 
                 
                   Val 
                   367 
                   Any except Pro 
                 
                   Gly 
                   368 
                   Ala, Pro, Val, Thr, Met 
                 
                     
                 
             
                
                
                
                
               
               
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
         18 . The plant, the plant part, the plant cell, or the seed of  claim 17 , wherein the coding sequence comprises the nucleic acid sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 4 from amino acid position 2 to amino acid position 387. 
     
     
         19 . The plant, the plant part, the plant cell, or the seed of  claim 17 , wherein the coding sequence comprises the nucleic acid sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 4 from amino acid position 2 to amino acid position 387, and wherein one or more amino acids of SEQ ID No. 4 are substituted at amino acid positions 195, 219, 220, 221, 222, 234, 237, 238, 239, 240, 249, 299, 329, 372, 373, 367, and 368 with an amino acid as set forth in the table in  claim 17 . 
     
     
         20 . The plant, the plant part, the plant cell, or the seed of  claim 18 , wherein the coding sequence comprises the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID No. 1 from nucleotide position 4 to nucleotide position 1164, or the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 3 from nucleotide position 400 to nucleotide position 1557. 
     
     
         21 . The plant, the plant part, the plant cell, or the seed of  claim 19 , wherein the coding sequence comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 4 from amino acid position 2 to amino acid position 387, and wherein one or more amino acids of SEQ ID No. 4 are substituted at amino acid positions 195, 219, 220, 222, 234, 237, 239, 240, 372, and 373 with the amino acid as set forth in the table. 
     
     
         22 . The plant, the plant part, the plant cell, or the seed of  claim 19 , wherein the coding sequence comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 4 from amino acid position 2 to amino acid position 387, and wherein one or more amino acids of SEQ ID No. 4 are substituted at amino acid positions 221, 238, 249, 299, 329, 367, and 368 with the amino acid as set forth in the table. 
     
     
         23 . The plant, the plant part, the plant cell, or the seed of  claim 19 , wherein the coding sequence comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 4 from amino acid position 2 to amino acid position 387, and wherein one or more amino acids of SEQ ID No. 4 are substituted at amino acid positions 221, 238, 249, 299, 329, 367, and 368 with the amino acid set forth in the following table: 
       
         
           
                 
                 
                 
                 
               
                     
                     
                 
                     
                   Amino acid in 
                   Position in SEQ ID 
                     
                 
                     
                   SEQ ID No. 4 
                   No. 4 
                   Substitutions 
                 
                     
                     
                 
                     
                   Ser 
                   221 
                   Glu, Thr, Tyr, Arg 
                 
                     
                   Val 
                   238 
                   Ala 
                 
                     
                   Pro 
                   249 
                   Ala, Val, Thr 
                 
                     
                   Leu 
                   299 
                   Met 
                 
                     
                   Leu 
                   329 
                   Met 
                 
                     
                   Val 
                   367 
                   Ile, Ala, Val, Leu, Lys 
                 
                     
                   Gly 
                   368 
                   Ala 
                 
                     
                     
                 
             
                
                
                
                
               
               
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
         24 . The plant, the plant part, the plant cell, or the seed of  claim 18 , wherein the chimeric gene further comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding a transit peptide active in a plant upstream of the HPPD coding sequence, so that a transit peptide/HPPD fusion protein is encoded by the chimeric gene. 
     
     
         25 . The plant, the plant part, the plant cell, or the seed of  claim 18  further comprising a chimeric gene encoding a prephenate dehydrogenase (PDH) enzyme. 
     
     
         26 . The plant, the plant part, the plant cell, or the seed of  claim 18  further comprising one or more chimeric genes conferring tolerance to
 (a) a growth regulator herbicide; 
 (b) a herbicide inhibiting enzyme, wherein the enzyme is selected from the group consisting of (i) acetolactate synthase, (ii) EPSP synthase, and (iii) glutamine synthase; or 
 (c) a combination thereof. 
 
     
     
         27 . The plant, the plant part, the plant cell, or the seed of  claim 26 , wherein the growth regulator herbicide is 2,4-D or dicamba. 
     
     
         28 . The plant, the plant part, the plant cell, or the seed of  claim 19 , wherein the chimeric gene further comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding a transit peptide active in a plant upstream of the coding sequence, so that a transit peptide fusion protein is encoded by the chimeric gene. 
     
     
         29 . The plant, the plant part, the plant cell, or the seed of  claim 19  further comprising a chimeric gene encoding a prephenate dehydrogenase (PDH) enzyme. 
     
     
         30 . The plant, the plant part, the plant cell, or the seed of  claim 19  further comprising one or more chimeric genes conferring tolerance to
 (a) a growth regulator herbicide; 
 (b) a herbicide inhibiting enzyme, wherein the enzyme is selected from the group consisting of (i) acetolactate synthase, (ii) EPSP synthase, and (iii) glutamine synthase; or 
 (c) a combination thereof. 
 
     
     
         31 . The plant, the plant part, the plant cell, or the seed of  claim 30 , wherein the growth regulator herbicide is 2,4-D or dicamba. 
     
     
         32 . A plant, a plant part, a plant cell, or a seed comprising a chimeric gene comprising a coding sequence operably linked to a plant-expressible promoter, wherein the coding sequence comprises a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID No. 15, SEQ ID No. 16, SEQ ID No. 17, SEQ ID No. 18, SEQ ID No. 19, SEQ ID No. 20, SEQ ID No. 21, SEQ ID No. 22, and SEQ ID No. 23. 
     
     
         33 . A chimeric gene comprising a coding sequence operably-linked to a plant-expressible promoter, wherein the coding sequence comprises
 a) a nucleic acid sequence encoding a  Kordia  hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 4 from amino acid position 2 to amino acid position 387; or   b) a nucleic acid sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 4 from amino acid position 2 to amino acid position 387, wherein one or more amino acids of SEQ ID No. 4 are substituted at amino acid positions 195, 219, 220, 221, 222, 234, 237, 238, 239, 240, 249, 299, 329, 372, 373, 367, and 368 with an amino acid set forth in the table below:   
       
         
           
                 
                 
                 
               
                     
                 
                   Amino acid in 
                   Position in 
                     
                 
                   SEQ ID No. 4 
                   SEQ ID No. 4 
                   Substitutions 
                 
                     
                 
                   Val 
                   195 
                   Thr, Cys, Ala, Gly, Phe, Tyr, Leu, Val, 
                 
                     
                     
                   Ala, Gln, Glu, Asp, Gly, Thr, Ser, Met, 
                 
                     
                     
                   Arg 
                 
                   Ile 
                   219 
                   Lys 
                 
                   Ile 
                   220 
                   Ala, Trp, Leu, Ser, Arg, Lys, His, Asp, 
                 
                     
                     
                   Glu, Pro, Gly, Asn 
                 
                   Phe 
                   222 
                   Val, Ile, Ala, Leu, Trp, Met, Gln, His 
                 
                   Leu 
                   234 
                   Met, Val 
                 
                   Lys 
                   237 
                   Ala, Val, Leu, Met, Ile, Arg, Gln, Tyr 
                 
                   Met 
                   239 
                   Leu, Val, Ile, Ala 
                 
                   Ser 
                   240 
                   Ala, Thr, Val, Arg, Lys, Glu, Leu, Ile, 
                 
                     
                     
                   Met, His 
                 
                   Ala 
                   372 
                   Glu, Gln, Ser, Val, Phe, Thr 
                 
                   Leu 
                   373 
                   Arg 
                 
                   Ser 
                   221 
                   Glu, Thr, Tyr, Phe, His, Gln, Asn, Gly, 
                 
                     
                     
                   Leu, Met, Val, Arg, Ile 
                 
                   Val 
                   238 
                   Ala, Thr 
                 
                   Pro 
                   249 
                   Ala, Val, Thr, Asn, Ile, 
                 
                   Leu 
                   299 
                   Met, Ile, Asn 
                 
                   Leu 
                   329 
                   Met 
                 
                   Val 
                   367 
                   Any except Pro 
                 
                   Gly 
                   368 
                   Ala, Pro, Val, Thr, Met 
                 
                     
                 
             
                
                
                
                
               
               
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
         34 . The chimeric gene of  claim 33 , wherein the coding sequence comprises the nucleic acid sequence encoding a  Kordia  HPPD having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 4 from amino acid position 2 to amino acid position 387. 
     
     
         35 . The chimeric gene of  claim 33 , wherein the coding sequence comprises the nucleic acid sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 4 from amino acid position 2 to amino acid position 387, and wherein one or more amino acids of SEQ ID No. 4 are substituted at amino acid positions 195, 219, 220, 221, 222, 234, 237, 238, 239, 240, 249, 299, 329, 372, 373, 367, and 368 with an amino acid set forth in the table. 
     
     
         36 . A vector comprising the chimeric gene of  claim 33 .

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