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US 12,350,364 B2Granted
Lipid body compositions, products made therefrom, methods of making same, and methods of use
AssigneeXylome Corporation
InventorsThomas W. Jeffries, Thomas J. Kelleher, David Z. Mokry, Richard Taylor, Austin Gluth, Merrill S. Goldenberg
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Abstract
The invention provides lipid bodies isolated from yeast, compositions comprising the lipid bodies, products made from the lipid bodies, methods of making the lipid bodies, and methods of using the lipid bodies. The lipid bodies of the invention have an exceptionally large size and high internal neutral lipid content, providing a number of advantages for a variety of practical applications.
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A composition comprising isolated yeast lipid bodies, wherein:
- each lipid body comprises an envelope surrounding an inner core;
- the envelope comprises phospholipid, protein, and polysaccharide;
- the inner core comprises lipid;
- the lipid bodies comprise a set of lipid bodies having a diameter of at least 5 μm:
- the lipid bodies are non-synthetic;
- the lipid bodies comprise yeast protein;
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- the yeast protein comprises a protein comprising an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO:41.
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