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Fatty acid desaturases and elongases and uses thereof

US9493520B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BASF Plant Science Company GmbH · DE

Inventors

Jörg Bauer · Weingarten, DE
Johnathan A. Napier · Hertford, GB
Olga Sayanova · St Albans, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 15, 2010
Grant date	Nov 15, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 26, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12Y602/01003
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules which encode novel fatty acid desaturases and elongases from the organism Emiliana huxleyi. The invention also provides recombinant expression vectors containing desaturase or elongase 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. arachidonic acid (ARA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) or docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).

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