Lysophospholipid acyltransferase
AssigneeSuntory Holdings Limited
InventorMisa Ochiai
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Abstract
The present invention provides novel lysophospholipid acyltransferases. The object of the present invention is attained by the nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 1 and 6 and the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 2 and 7 of the present invention.
Claims15
A cDNA or recombinant vector comprising a nucleic acid of any one of (a)-(e) below:
- (a) a nucleic acid that comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence with deletion, substitution or addition of one to 50 amino acids in the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:
- 7, and having lysophospholipid acyltransferase activity;
- (b) a nucleic acid that hybridizes under hybridization conditions of 0.1×SSC-1×SSC at 60° C.-65° C. and washing conditions of 0.2×SSC-2×SSC at 50° C.-68° C. to a nucleic acid consisting of a full length complement to the nucleotide sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 6 and that comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein having lysophospholipid acyltransferase activity;
- (c) a nucleic acid that comprises a nucleotide sequence sharing an identity of 90% or more with the nucleotide sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 6 and encoding a protein having lysophospholipid acyltransferase activity;
- (d) a nucleic acid that comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence sharing an identity of 90% or more with the amino acid sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 7 and having lysophospholipid acyltransferase activity;
- and
- (e) a nucleic acid that hybridizes under conditions of 0.1×SSC-1×SSC at 60° C.-65° C. and washing conditions of 0.2×SSC-2×SSC at 50° C.-68° C. to a nucleic acid consisting of a full length complement to a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:
- 7 and that comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein having lysophospholipid acyltransferase activity.
A cDNA or recombinant vector comprising a nucleic acid of any one of (a)-(e) below:
- (a) a nucleic acid that comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence with deletion, substitution or addition of one to 50 amino acids in the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:
- 7, and having the activity of increasing the proportion of arachidonic acid in the compositional ratio of fatty acids in a host transformed with a recombinant vector containing the nucleic acid as compared with the proportion in the compositional ratio of fatty acids in a host that has not been transformed with the vector;
- (b) a nucleic acid that hybridizes under hybridization conditions of 0.1×SSC-1×SSC at 60° C.-65° C. and washing conditions of 0.2×SSC-2×SSC at 50° C.-68° C. to a nucleic acid consisting of a full length complement to the nucleotide sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 6 and that comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein having the activity of increasing the proportion of arachidonic acid in the compositional ratio of fatty acids in a host transformed with a recombinant vector containing the nucleic acid as compared with the proportion in the compositional ratio of fatty acids in a host that has not been transformed with the vector;
- (c) a nucleic acid that comprises a nucleotide sequence sharing an identity of 90% or more with the nucleotide sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 6 and encoding a protein having the activity of increasing the proportion of arachidonic acid in the compositional ratio of fatty acids in a host transformed with a recombinant vector containing the nucleic acid as compared with the proportion in the compositional ratio of fatty acids in a host that has not been transformed with the vector;
- (d) a nucleic acid that comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence sharing an identity of 90% or more with the amino acid sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 7 and having the activity of increasing the proportion of arachidonic acid in the compositional ratio of fatty acids in a host transformed with a recombinant vector containing the nucleic acid as compared with the proportion in the compositional ratio of fatty acids in a host that has not been transformed with the vector;
- and
- (e) a nucleic acid that hybridizes under hybridization conditions of 0.1×SSC-1×SSC at 60° C.-65° C. and washing conditions of 0.2×SSC-2×SSC at 50° C.-68° C. to a nucleic acid consisting of a full length complement to a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:
- 7 and that comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein having the activity of increasing the proportion of arachidonic acid in the compositional ratio of fatty acids in a host transformed with a recombinant vector containing the nucleic acid as compared with the proportion in the compositional ratio of fatty acids in a host that has not been transformed with the vector.
A cDNA or recombinant vector comprising a nucleic acid of (a) or (b) below:
- (a) a nucleic acid that comprises the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:
- 6;
- or
- (b) a nucleic acid that comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:
- 7.
An isolated protein of (a) or (b) below:
- (a) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence with deletion, substitution or addition of one to 50 amino acids in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 7, and having lysophospholipid acyltransferase activity;
- or
- (b) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence sharing an identity of 90% or more with the amino acid sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 7 and having lysophospholipid acyltransferase activity.
An isolated protein of (a) or (b) below:
- (a) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence with deletion, substitution or addition of one to 50 amino acids in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 7, and having the activity of increasing the proportion of arachidonic acid in the compositional ratio of fatty acids in a host transformed with a recombinant vector containing a nucleic acid encoding the amino acid sequence as compared with the proportion in the compositional ratio of fatty acids in a host that has not been transformed with the vector;
- or
- (b) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence sharing an identity of 90% or more with the amino acid sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 7 and having the activity of increasing the proportion of arachidonic acid in the compositional ratio of fatty acids in a host transformed with a recombinant vector containing a nucleic acid encoding the amino acid sequence as compared with the proportion in the compositional ratio of fatty acids in a host that has not been transformed with the vector.
An isolated protein consisting of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:
- 7.
A cDNA or recombinant vector comprising a nucleic acid of any one of (a)-(e) below:
- (a) a nucleic acid that comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence with deletion, substitution or addition of one to 50 amino acids in the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:
- 7, and involved in the conversion from 18:3(n-6)-PL to 18:3(n-6)-CoA or conversion from DGLA-CoA to DGLA-PL;
- (b) a nucleic acid that hybridizes under hybridization conditions of 0.1×SSC-1×SSC at 60° C.-65° C. and washing conditions of 0.2×SSC-2×SSC at 50° C.-68° C. to a nucleic acid consisting of a full length complement to the nucleotide sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 6 and that comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein involved in the conversion from 18:3(n-6)-PL to 18:3(n-6)-CoA and/or or conversion from DGLA-CoA to DGLA-PL;
- (c) a nucleic acid that comprises a nucleotide sequence sharing an identity of 90% or more with the nucleotide sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 6 and encoding a protein involved in the conversion from 18:3(n-6)-PL to 18:3(n-6)-CoA or conversion from DGLA-CoA to DGLA-PL;
- (d) a nucleic acid that comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence sharing an identity of 90% or more with the amino acid sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 7 and involved in the conversion from 18:3(n-6)-PL to 18:3(n-6)-CoA or conversion from DGLA-CoA to DGLA-PL;
- and
- (e) a nucleic acid that hybridizes under hybridization conditions of 0.1×SSC-1×SSC at 60° C.-65° C. and washing conditions of 0.2×SSC-2×SSC at 50° C.-68° C. to a nucleic acid consisting of a nucleotide sequence complementary full length complement to a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:
- 7 and that comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein involved in the conversion from 18:3(n-6)-PL to 18:3(n-6)-CoA or conversion from DGLA-CoA to DGLA-PL.
An isolated protein of (a) or (b) below:
- (a) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence with deletion, substitution or addition of one to 50 amino acids in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 7, and involved in the conversion from 18:3(n-6)-PL to 18:3(n-6)-CoA or conversion from DGLA-CoA to DGLA-PL;
- or
- (b) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence sharing an identity of 90% or more with the amino acid sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 7 and involved in the conversion from 18:3(n-6)-PL to 18:3(n-6)-CoA or conversion from DGLA-CoA to DGLA-PL.
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