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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 1995
Filed:
May. 20, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
James G Metz, Davis, CA (US);
Kathryn D Lardizabal, Woodland, CA (US);
Michael W Lassner, Davis, CA (US);
Assignee:
Calgene Inc., Davis, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12P / ; A01M / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 691 ; 435 712 ; 435134 ; 4351723 ; 4352404 ; 536 236 ; 536 232 ; 800200 ; 800205 ; 800255 ; 800D / ;
Abstract
By this invention, a partially purified fatty acyl-CoA: fatty alcohol acyltransferase (wax synthase) is provided, wherein said protein is active in the formation of a wax ester from fatty alcohol and fatty acyl substrates. Of special interest is a jojoba embryo wax synthase having an apparent molecular mass of approximately 57 kD. Also considered are amino acid and nucleic acid sequences obtainable from wax synthase proteins and the use of such sequences to provide transgenic host cells capable of producing wax esters.