Method for the production of 7-dehydrocholesterol and/or the biosynthetic intermediate or subsequent products thereof in transgenic organisms

US7608421B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ORGANOBALANCE GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Christine Lang · Berlin, DE
• Markus Veen · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 22, 2003
• Grant date: Oct 27, 2009
• Expiry date: Nov 8, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Y503/03005
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for preparing 7-dehydrocholesterol and/or the biosynthetic intermediates and/or secondary products thereof by culturing organisms, in particular yeasts. Furthermore, the invention relates to the preparation of the nucleic acid constructs required for preparing the genetically modified organisms and to said genetically modified organisms, in particular yeasts, themselves.