COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS COMPRISING PLANTS WITH REDUCED RAFFINOSE FAMILY OLIGOSACCHARIDES AND/OR HIGH PROTEIN CONTENT

• Main Authors: BEGEMANN, Matthew Brett, ZESS, Erin Kathleen, GOETTEL, Herbert Wolfgang, FRICK, Elizabeth May
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 02.10.2024
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; ENZYMOLOGY; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; NEW PLANTS OR PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; NUCLEIC ACIDS; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; SUGARS; TRAPPING; VINEGAR; WINE

Provided herein are plants, plant parts, a population of plants or plant parts, and plant products (e.g., seed composition, protein and/or oil composition) comprising reduced galactinol synthase (GAS) and/or raffinose synthase (RS) activity, and compositions and methods of producing such plants and plant parts. The plants, plant parts, population of plants or plant parts, or plant products can have a genetic mutation that reduces the GAS and/or RS activity, decreased RFO (e.g., raffinose, stachyose) content, increased sucrose content, and/or increased protein content. The mutation can be located at least partially in a GAS and/or RS gene or its homolog or its regulatory region.