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Desaturases and process for the production of polyunsaturated fatty acids in transgenic organisms

US8822662B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BASF Plant Science Company GmbH · DE

Inventors

Toralf Senger · Heidelberg, DE
Jörg Bauer · Weingarten, DE
Johnathan A. Napier · Hertford, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 8, 2009
Grant date	Sep 2, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 12, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12Y114/19001
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to polynucleotides from Cochliobolus heterostrophus C5, Cyanothece sp. CCY0110, Mycocentrospora acerina and Hyaloperonospora parasitica, which code for desaturases and which can be employed for the recombinant production of polyunsaturated fatty acids. The invention furthermore relates to vectors, host cells and transgenic nonhuman organisms which comprise the polynucleotides according to the invention, and to the polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides. The invention furthermore relates to antibodies against the polypeptides according to the invention. Finally, the invention also relates to production processes for the polyunsaturated fatty acids and for oil, lipid and fatty acid compositions and to their use as drugs, cosmetics, foodstuffs, feedstuffs, preferably fish food, or food supplements.

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