Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants and uses thereof for plant improvement

A transformed plant having a nucleic acid molecule which comprises:n(a) an exogenous promoter region which functions in a plant cell to cause the production of an mRNA molecule, which is operably linked to(b) a structural nucleic acid molecule, wherein said structural nucleic acid molecule comprises a nucleic acid sequence, wherein said nucleic acid sequence encodes a polypeptide that has at least 95% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5111 and has deoxyhypusine synthase activity, which is operably linked to(c) a 3⬲ non-translated sequence that functions in said plant cell to cause the termination of transcription and the addition of polyadenylated ribonucleotides to said 3⬲ end of said mRNA molecule.

A transformed seed comprising a transformed plant cell comprising a nucleic acid molecule which comprises:n(a) an exogenous promoter region which functions in said plant cell to cause the production of an mRNA molecule, which is operably linked to(b) a structural nucleic acid molecule, wherein said structural nucleic acid molecule comprises a nucleic acid sequence, wherein said nucleic acid sequence encodes a polypeptide that has at least 95% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5111 and has deoxyhypusine synthase activity, which is operably linked to(c) a 3⬲ non-translated sequence that functions in said plant cell to cause the termination of transcription and the addition of polyadenylated ribonucleotides to said 3⬲ end of said mRNA molecule.