Enzymes, enzyme components and uses thereof

US9879234B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF Plant Science Company GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Laurent Marty · Heidelberg, DE
• Toralf Senger · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 30, 2013
• Grant date: Jan 30, 2018
• Expiry date: May 26, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Y114/19
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention provides nucleic acid molecules which encodes a novel fatty acid desaturase, KCS, KCR and/or LACS from Thraustochytrium aureum and Sphaeroforma arctica. The invention also provides recombinant expression vectors containing the 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 and for screening for delta-4 desaturases.