CLP-PROTEASE AS TARGET FOR HERBICIDES

• Main Authors: SONNEWALD, UWE, STITT NIGEL, MARC, EHRHARDT, THOMAS, BOERNKE, FREDERIK, FREUND, ANNETTE, LEIN, WOLFGANG, DEIST, KIRSTEN, REINDL, ANDREAS, SCHMIDT, RALF-MICHAEL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 16.06.2005
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEPTIDES; PHYSICS; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; TESTING; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention relates to Clp-protease, which, when absent, brings about reduced growth and chlorotic leaves as target for herbicides. For this purpose, novel nucleic acid sequences encompassing SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:11 and SEQ ID NO: 17 and functional equivalents of SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:11 and SEQ ID NO: 17 are provided. Moreover, the present invention relates to the use of Clp-protease in a method for identifying compounds with herbicidal or growth-regulatory activity, and to the use of the compounds identified by this method as herbicides or growth regulators. L'invention se rapporte à l'enzyme Clp-protéase dont l'absence entraîne une croissance réduite et des feuilles chlorotiques, et qui constitue une cible pour identifier des herbicides. Cette invention concerne également de nouvelles séquences d'acide nucléique parmi lesquelles figurent SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:11 et SEQ ID NO: 17 et des équivalents fonctionnels de SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:11 et SEQ ID NO: 17. La présente invention se rapporte en outre à l'utilisation de l'enzyme Clp-protéase dans un procédé pour identifier des composés présentant une activité herbicide ou régulatrice de croissance, ainsi qu'à l'utilisation des composés identifiés à l'aide de ce procédé en tant qu'herbicides ou régulateurs de croissance.