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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2015
Kao Corporation, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Sugihara, Wakayama, JP;
Tatsuro Ozaki, Wakayama, JP;
Hiroko Endo, Wakayama, JP;
Takeshi Saito, Wakayama, JP;
Takuto Tojo, Wakayama, JP;
Hiroyuki Ohta, Yokohama, JP;
Koichi Hori, Machida, JP;
KAO CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a gene encoding a protein having β-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.