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US 2012/0233716 A1Published application
Novel fatty acid elongase and uses thereof
AssigneeBASF Plant Science GmbH
InventorsJörg Bauer, Xiao Qiu, Patricia Vrinten
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Abstract
The present invention relates to nucleic acids derived from Sphaeroforma arctica. The invention also relates to the individual coding sequences and to proteins encoded by these sequences in combination with other sequences as well as to a process for converting oleic acid to linoleic acid to linoleic acid and the production of arachidonic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid and/or docosahexaenoic acid in a plant.
Claims16
An isolated polynucleotide comprising:
- a) the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 3;
- b) a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 4;
- c) a nucleic acid sequence having at least 70% sequence identity to the nucleic acid sequence of a) or b), wherein said nucleic acid sequence encodes a polypeptide having Δ6-elongase activity;
- d) a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide having Δ6-elongase activity and having an amino acid sequence which has at least 70% sequence identity to an amino acid sequence encoded by the nucleic acid sequence of any one of a) to c);
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- e) a nucleic acid sequence which hybridizes under stringent conditions to any one of the nucleic acid sequences of a) to d), wherein said nucleic acid sequence encodes a polypeptide having Δ6-elongase activity.
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