Uses of novel fatty acid desaturases and elongases and products thereof
AssigneeBASF Plant Science GmbH
InventorsJörg BAUER, Johnathan A. Napier, Olga Sayanova
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Abstract
The invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules which encode novel fatty acid desaturases and elongases from the organism Emiliana huxleyi. The invention also provides recombinant expression vectors containing desaturase or elongase 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. arachidonic acid (ARA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) or docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).
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Plant seed oil obtained from seeds of a transgenic plant comprising docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosapentaenoic acid (DPA), wherein the oil comprises at least 1% DHA and not more than 6% EPA, based on the total fatty acids of the transgenic seeds, and wherein the oil has a ratio of DHA to DPA of at least 2.
Plant seed oil obtained from seeds of a transgenic plant plant comprising docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosapentaenoic acid (DPA), wherein the oil comprises at least 1% DHA and not more than 6% EPA, based on the total fatty acids of the transgenic seed, and wherein the seeds of the transgenic plant have a conversion rate of DPA to DHA of at least 75%.
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