Methods of producing lipids
AssigneeCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
InventorsJames Robertson Petrie, Thomas Vanhercke, Pushkar Shrestha, Oing Liu, Surinder Pal Singh
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods of producing lipids. In particular, the present invention relates to methods of increasing the level of one or more non-polar lipids and/or the total non-polar lipid content in a transgenic organism or part thereof. In one particular embodiment, the present invention relates to the use of an acyltransferase, for example, a monoacylglycerol acyltransferase (MGAT) to increase the level of one or more non-polar lipids and/or the total non-polar lipid content in plants, plant seed and/or leaves, algae and fungi.
Claims20
A method of producing extracted lipid, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) selecting a vegetative part of a plant or a unicellular plant
- i) expressing an exogenous monoacylglycerol acyltransferase (MGAT);
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- ii) comprising a level of triacylglycerol (TAG) that is greater on a relative basis when compared to such a vegetative part of a plant or unicellular plant lacking the exogenous MGAT, and
- b) extracting lipid from the plant, thereby producing the extracted lipid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.