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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Almon Einat Brill   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. [PLX] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) VP, Product Development (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O PROTALIX BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC., 2 SNUNIT STREET, SCIENCE PARK, POB 455 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 10/04/2010 (Street) CARMIEL, L3 20100 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 10/04/2010   S   35,000 (1) D $ 9.02 0 (2) I By trust (3) Common Stock 10/05/2010   S   20,000 (1) D $ 9.08 0 (2) I By trust (3) Common Stock 10/06/2010   S   15,000 (1) D $ 9.29 0 (2) I By trust (3) Common Stock 10/06/2010   M   70,000 A $ 0.972 0 (2) I By trust (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Options (Right to Buy)

$ 0.972

10/06/2010

M

70,000

(4)

08/13/2016

Common Stock

70,000

$ 0

116,848 (5)

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Almon Einat Brill C/O PROTALIX BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC. 2 SNUNIT STREET, SCIENCE PARK, POB 455 CARMIEL, L3 20100			VP, Product Development

Signatures

/s/ Yossi Maimon, POA		10/06/2010
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The sales reported on this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.
(2)	The reporting person acquired 70,000 shares of common stock upon the exercise of outstanding options, all of which shares were sold by the reporting person.
(3)	To qualify for certain tax benefits under Section 102 of the Israeli Tax Ordinance, securities issued to an employee upon the exercise of stock options must be registered in the name of a trustee.
(4)	All these options are fully vested.
(5)	Does not include (i) options to purchase 50,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price equal to $2.65 per share that expire on February 25, 2019, (ii) options to purchase 130,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price equal to $6.90 per share that expire on February 25, 2020 and (iii) options to purchase 311,272 shares of common stock at an exercise price equal to $5.00 per share that expire on February 7, 2018.

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