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Acyltransferases and uses thereof in fatty acid production

US9388437B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BASF Plant Science Company GmbH · DE

Inventors

Toralf Senger · Heidelberg, DE
Laurent Marty · Heidelberg, DE
Sten Stymne · Ljusdal, SE
Jenny Lindberg Yilmaz · Thann, FR
Johnathan A. Napier · Hertford, GB
Olga Sayanova · St Albans, GB
Richard Haslam · Aylesbury, GB
Ruiz Lopez Noemi · Harpenden, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 21, 2011
Grant date	Jul 12, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 17, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12Y203/0102
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to the recombinant manufacture of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Specifically, it relates to acyltransferase polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding said acyltransferases as well as vectors, host cells, non-human transgenic organisms containing said polynucletides. Moreover, the present invention contemplates methods for the manufacture of polyunsaturated fatty acids as well as oils obtained by such methods.

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