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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Vasiliki Tsakraklides, Lexington, MA (US);
Elena E. Brevnova, Belmont, MA (US);
Jonathan Friedlander, Cambridge, MA (US);
Annapurna Kamineni, Arlington, MA (US);
Arthur J. Shaw, IV, Belmont, MA (US);
Assignee:
Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/16 (2006.01); C12P 7/6463 (2022.01); C12N 9/10 (2006.01); C12N 15/80 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/6463 (2013.01); C12N 1/16 (2013.01); C12N 9/1029 (2013.01); C12N 15/80 (2013.01); C12Y 203/0102 (2013.01); C12Y 203/01015 (2013.01); C12Y 203/01158 (2013.01); C12Y 203/01199 (2015.07); Y02E 50/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are transformed cells comprising one or more genetic modifications that affect the lipid content of the cell, e.g., by increasing the concentration of oleic acid in the cell relative to an unmodified cell of the same type. Also disclosed are methods for modifying the lipid content of a cell by increasing the activity of one or more proteins in the cell and/or by decreasing the activity of one or more proteins in the same cell.