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Synthesis of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids by recombinant cells

US7932438B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION · AU

Inventors

Surinder Pal Singh · North Canberra, AU
Stanley Suresh Robert · Oyster Cove, AU
Peter David Nichols · Hobart, AU
Susan Irene Ellis Blackburn · Hobart, AU
Xue-Rong Zhou · Belconnen, AU
James Robertson Petrie · Tarago, AU
Allan Graham Green · North Canberra, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 12, 2010
Grant date	Apr 26, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 12, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P20/52
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, in recombinant cells such as yeast or plant cells. Also provided are recombinant cells or plants which produce long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a group of new enzymes which possess desaturase or elongase activity that can be used in methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.

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