Kao Corporation

Olympus Imaging Corporation

Olympus Medical Systems Corporation

Hiroyuki Ohta

Tatsuro Ozaki

Koichi Hori

Yasuo Funakoshi

Kiwamu Fujitani

Shinji Sugihara

Hiroko Endo

Takuto Tojo

Takeshi Saito

Ai Yonekura

To Chin

An acyl-ACP thioesterase consisting of an amino acid sequence of the 115to 274amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1; an acyl-ACP thioesterase gene encoding the protein; a transformant having the gene; and a method of producing a lipid using the transformant.

Acyl-ACP thioesterase

The present disclosure provides a gene encoding a protein having &#x3b2;-ketoacyl-ACP synthase activity having at least 60% or more identity with the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, the protein encoded by the gene, a method of producing a transformant by transforming a host with the gene, a transformant that is transformed with the gene, and a method of producing a lipid, especially, a lipid containing a medium chain fatty acid or ester thereof, by culturing the transformed host that expresses the gene. In some embodiments, the transformant also has a gene encoding an acyl-ACP thioesterase.

Method of producing lipid by using &#x3b2;-ketoacyl-ACP synthase

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Hiroyuki Ohta