(19)
(11) EP 2 535 414 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
20.02.2013 Bulletin 2013/08

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.12.2012 Bulletin 2012/51

(43) Date of publication:
19.12.2012 Bulletin 2012/51

(21) Application number: 12179273.3

(22) Date of filing: 29.04.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
C12N 15/54(2006.01)
C12N 9/10(2006.01)
 C12N 15/82(2006.01)
A01H 5/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

(30) Priority: 29.04.2003 CL 8632003
30.04.2003 US 427692

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
11153914.4 / 2322629
04775913.9 / 1620557

(71) Applicants:
  • Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.
    Des Moines, IA 50309 (US)
  • Verdia, Inc.
    Redwood City, CA 94063 (US)
  • E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Wilmington, DE 19898 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Castle, Linda A.
    Moutain View, CA California 94040 (US)
  • Siehl, Dan
    Menlo Park, CA California 94025 (US)
  • Giver, Lorraine J.
    Sunnyvale, CA California 94085 (US)
  • Minshull, Jeremy
    Los Altos, CA California 94022 (US)
  • Ivy, Christina
    Encinitas, CA California 92024 (US)
  • Chen, Yong Hong
    Foster City, CA California 94404 (US)
  • Patten, Phillip A.
    Menlo Park, CA California 94028 (US)
  • Gorton, Rebecca
    San Francisco, CA California 94102 (US)
  • Duck, Nicholas B.
    Apex, NC North Carolina 27502 (US)
  • McCutchen, Billy Fred
    Clive, IA Iowa 50325 (US)
  • Kemble, Roger
    Wake Forest, NC North Carolina 27587 (US)

(74) Representative: Bentham, Andrew 
J A Kemp 14 South Square Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5JJ
London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

 
Remarks:
This application was filed on 03-08-2012 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 62.
 


(54) Novel glyphosate-n-acetyltransferase (gat) genes


(57) Novel proteins are provided herein, including proteins capable of catalyzing the acetylation of glyphosate and other structurally related proteins. Also provided are novel polynucleotides capable of encoding these proteins, compositions that include one or more of these novel proteins and/or polynucleotides, recombinant cells and transgenic plants comprising these novel compounds, diversification methods involving the novel compounds, and methods of using the compounds. Some of the novel methods and compounds provided herein can be used to render an organism, such as a plant, resistant to glyphosate