Method and composition for increasing the accumulation of squalene and specific sterols in yeast
US5460949A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 28, 1991 |
| Grant date | Oct 24, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 28, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12R2001/865
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of increasing the accumulation of squalene and specific sterols in yeast comprising increasing the expression level of a structural gene encoding a polypeptide having HMG-CoA reductase activity in a mutant yeast having single or double defects in the expression of sterol biosynthetic enzymes is provided. The expression level of a structural gene is preferably increased by transforming yeast with a recombinant DNA molecule comprising a vector operatively linked to an exogenous DNA segment that encodes a polypeptide having HMG-CoA reductase activity and a promoter that is suitable for driving the expression of the encoded polypeptide in the transformed yeast. The polypeptide having HMG-CoA reductase activity is preferably a truncated, active HMG-CoA reductase enzyme. Recombinant DNA molecules useful for transforming yeast and mutant yeast transformed with such recombinant DNA molecules are also disclosed.
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