Method to increase algal biomass and enhance its quality for the production of fuel
AssigneeBoard of Trustees of Michigan State University
InventorsChristoph Benning, Xiaobo Li, Bensheng Liu, Min-Hao Kuo, Barbara Sears
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Abstract
The invention provides a recombinant cell having a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide which is a lipase having at least 40% amino acid sequence identity to a polypeptide having SEQ ID NO:1, and methods of using the recombinant cell to produce triacylglycerols or to increase oil production by the cell.
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A recombinant cell comprising a vector having a heterologous promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide which is a galactoglycerolipid lipase having at least 95% amino acid sequence identity to a polypeptide having SEQ ID NO:
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A recombinant DNA construct comprising a heterologous promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide which is a galactoglycerolipid lipase having at least 95% amino acid sequence identity to a polypeptide having SEQ ID NO:1.
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