Nucleic acids encoding desaturases and modified plant oil

US9090902B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• BASF Plant Science Company GmbH · DE
• Bioriginal Food & Science Corporation · CA

Inventors

• Jörg Bauer · Weingarten, DE
• Toralf Senger · Heidelberg, DE
• Thorsten Zank · Mannheim, DE
• Xiao Qiu · Beijing, CN
• Guohai Wu · Saskatoon, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 25, 2009
• Grant date: Jul 28, 2015
• Expiry date: Nov 12, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N9/0004
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to nucleic acids derived from Drechslera tritici-repentis, Cylindorcarpon herteronema, Diploida natalensis, Stagonospora nodorum, Microdochium nivalae and Periplaneta americana. The invention also relates to the individual coding sequences and to proteins encoded by these sequences in combination with other sequences as well as to a process for converting oleic acid to linoleic acid to Iinoleic acid and the production of arachidonic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid and/or docosahexaenoic acid in a plant.