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Multizymes comprising delta-9 elongase and delta-8 desaturase and their use in making polyunsaturated fatty acids

US8828690B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY · US

Inventors

Howard Glenn Damude
Anthony J. Kinney · Wilmington, US
Kevin G. Ripp · Wilmington, US
Quinn Qun Zhu · West Chester, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 3, 2008
Grant date	Sep 9, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 6, 2031

Classification

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

Abstract

Isolated nucleic acid fragments and recombinant constructs comprising such fragments encoding multizymes (i.e., single polypeptides having at least two independent and separable enzymatic activities) along with a method of making long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) using these multizymes in plants and oleaginous yeast are disclosed.

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