Production of omega 3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in oilseed crops by a thraustochytrid PUFA synthase

US9994828B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC · US
• DSM IP ASSETS B.V. · NL

Inventors

• Terence A. Walsh · Zionsville, US
• Daniel Gachotte · Indianapolis, US
• Cory M. Larsen · Zionsville, US
• Scott Bevan · Indianapolis, US
• P. Ann Owens-Merlo · Carmel, US
• James G. Metz · Longmont, US
• Ross Zirkle · Mount Airy, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 26, 2014
• Grant date: Jun 12, 2018
• Expiry date: Jul 8, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Y203/01085
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

This disclosure concerns recombinant host organisms genetically modified with a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) synthase system and one or more accessory proteins that allow for and/or improve the production of PUFAs in the host organism. The disclosure also concerns methods of making and using such organisms as well as products obtained from such organisms.