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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2011
Michael W. Bostick, Wilmington, DE (US);
Hongxian He, Wilmington, DE (US);
Yougen LI, Pennington, NJ (US);
Quinn Qun Zhu, West Chester, PA (US);
Michael W. Bostick, Wilmington, DE (US);
Hongxian He, Wilmington, DE (US);
Yougen Li, Pennington, NJ (US);
Quinn Qun Zhu, West Chester, PA (US);
E I du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Mutant delta-9 elongases having the ability to convert linoleic acid [18:2, LA] to eicosadienoic acid [20:2, EDA] and/or α-linolenic [18:3, ALA] to eicosatrienoic acid [20:3, ETrA] are disclosed herein. Isolated nucleic acid fragments and recombinant constructs comprising such fragments encoding mutant delta-9 elongases, along with a method of making long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids ['PUFAs'] using these mutant delta-9 elongases in oleaginous yeast are also disclosed.