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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2012
Basil J. Nikolau, Ames, IA (US);
Marna Yandeau-nelson, Ames, IA (US);
Fuyuan Jing, Ames, IA (US);
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Ames, IA (US);
Abstract
A method of increasing production of fatty acids comprising introducing into a host cell or organism and expressing therein an acyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) thioesterase (TE) fromor a mutant thereof; a method of making a mutantacyl-ACP TE; a method of making a chimericacyl-ACP TE; a nucleic acid encoding a mutant acyl-ACP TE or a chimericacyl-ACP TE; a host cell or organism comprising the nucleic acid; a mutant acyl-ACP TE or chimericacyl-ACP TE; a method of altering the specificity of a plant acyl-ACP TE; and a method of altering the level of activity of a plant acyl-ACP TE.