Compositions and methods for promoting fatty acid production in plants
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
InventorsMartha Karen Newell, Sandy Berry-Lowe, Richard Tobin, Odbert Triplett
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Abstract
The invention relates to methods and products for producing fatty acids by manipulating metabolic function in plants and fungus. The fatty acids generated according to the invention may be useful in the production of biofuels.
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A method for preparing a biofuel, comprising
- disrupting a fatty acid metabolism pathway in a plant cell or fungus by contacting the plant cell or fungus with an inhibitor of fatty acid metabolism in an effective amount to promote accumulation or storage of fatty acids,
- collecting the fatty acids from the plant cell or fungus, and
- processing the fatty acids to produce a biofuel.
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A method for producing fatty acids, comprising
- disrupting a fatty acid metabolism pathway in a plant cell or fungus by contacting the plant cell or fungus with an inhibitor of fatty acid metabolism in an effective amount to promote accumulation or storage of fatty acids, and collecting the fatty acids as a source of biofuel.
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A method for producing a syngas, comprising
- disrupting a fatty acid metabolism pathway in a plant cell or fungus in an effective amount to promote accumulation or storage of fatty acids, subjecting the plant cell or fungus to a gasification process and collecting syngas produced by the gasification process.
A syngas comprising a gaseous mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide produced from a plant cell or fungus in which a fatty acid metabolism pathway has been disrupted.
A biodiesel comprising a liquid diesel fuel produced from a plant cell or fungus in which a fatty acid metabolism pathway has been disrupted.
An algae comprising a stably-integrated polynucleotide encoding an RNAi construct, wherein the RNAi construct is complementary to a portion of a target gene, and wherein the target gene participates in fatty acid storage or metabolism.
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A plant cell comprising a stably-integrated polynucleotide encoding an RNAi construct, wherein the RNAi construct is complementary to a portion of a target gene, and wherein the target gene participates in fatty acid storage or metabolism.
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