Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Shaaltiel Yoseph
  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)
Executive VP, R&D
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O PROTALIX BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC., 2 SNUNIT STREET SCIENCE PARK, POB 455
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/23/2015
(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

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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) $ 1.72 03/23/2015   A   275,000     (1) 03/23/2025 Common Stock 275,000 $ 0 275,000 (2) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Shaaltiel Yoseph
C/O PROTALIX BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
2 SNUNIT STREET SCIENCE PARK, POB 455
CARMIEL, L3 20100
      Executive VP, R&D  

Signatures

 /s/ Yossi Maimon, POA   05/07/2015
**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) 25% of the shares of common stock underlying the stock options shall vest on the first one-year anniversary of the date of grant and the remaining 75% of the shares of common stock underlying the stock options shall vest in 12 equal quarterly installments commencing on such anniversary. The stock options are subject to accelerated vesting upon a corporate transaction or a change in control as described in the Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc., 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended.
(2) Does not include options to purchase 122,162 shares of common stock at an exercise price equal to $0.001 per share that expire on June 30, 2016; options to purchase 263,728 shares of common stock at an exercise price equal to $5.00 per share that expire on February 7, 2018; 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; and options to purchase 145,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price equal to $6.90 per share that expire on February 25, 2020.

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