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Fatty acid desaturases, elongases, elongation components and uses thereof

US9458477B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BASF Plant Science Company GmbH · DE

Inventors

Toralf Senger · Heidelberg, DE
Jörg Bauer · Weingarten, DE
Laurent Marty · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 19, 2011
Grant date	Oct 4, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 8, 2032

Classification

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

Abstract

The invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules which encode a fatty acid desaturase, KCS, KCR, DH and ECR from Nannochloropsis oculata. The invention also provides recombinant expression vectors containing desaturase, KCS, KCR, DH and ECR nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and methods for large-scale production of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs), e.g., ARA, EPA and DHA.

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