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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2012
Applicant:
Exxonmobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Jennifer Coppersmith, San Diego, CA (US);
Rekha Seshadri, San Diego, CA (US);
Toby Howard Richardson, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/12 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12P 7/64 (2006.01); C12N 9/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/1029 (2013.01); C12P 7/6463 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides novel diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT) genes comprising Pleckstrin Homology (PH) domains. The present invention also provides for recombinant cells, such as algae, transformed with acyltransferase genes, such as DGAT, comprising PH domains, and methods of using such recombinant cells to produce increased triglyceride levels.