Flavenoide methyltransferase from torenia and their uses.

A molecule isolated nucleic acid comprising a sequence encoding or complementary to a sequence encoding a flavonoid methyltransferase (FMT) nucleotide, wherein said nucleotide sequence comprises: (i) a nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 11; (Ii) a nucleotide sequence having at least 70% identity after optimal alignment with SEQ ID NO: 11; (Iii) a nucleotide sequence capable of hybridizing under high stringency conditions with SEQ ID NO: 11 or its complementary form; (Iv) a nucleotide sequence capable of encoding the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 12; (V) a nucleotide sequence capable of encoding an amino acid sequence having at least 70% identity after optimal alignment with SEQ ID NO: 12; (Vi) a nucleotide sequence capable of hybridizing under conditions of high stringency to the nucleotide sequence in (iv) or (v) or its complementary form.