Oil biosynthesis
AssigneeBiogemma UK Limited
InventorsJeroen Alexander Wilmer, Emma Jane Wallington, Antoni Ryszard Slabas
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Abstract
The invention provides a method of producing, in a plant, oil having an erucic acid content above 66% erucic acid, the method comprising (i) expressing in the plant nucleic acid encoding an elongase and nucleic acid encoding an acyltransferase enzyme; and (ii) extracting oil from the plant. Corresponding plants seeds and oils are also provided.
Claims10
A method of producing oil in a high erucic acid Brassica napus plant, the method comprising (i) expressing in the plant a nucleic acid encoding an elongase and a nucleic acid encoding an 2-acyltransferase enzyme;
- and (ii) extracting oil from the plant, wherein said elongase is a Brassica napus FAE1-2 elongase encoded by SEQ ID NO:
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A transgenic Brassica napus plant from a high erucic acid Brassica napus plant line, wherein said plant comprises, as transgenes, a nucleic acid encoding an elongase and a nucleic acid encoding a 2-acyltransferase enzyme, and expresses said 2-acyltransferase and said elongase enzyme, wherein said elongase is a FAE1-2 elongase encoded by SEQ ID NO:
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