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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
May. 20, 2008
Lisa Friedman, So. San Francisco, CA (US);
Bernardo Da Costa, So. San Francisco, CA (US);
Lisa Friedman, So. San Francisco, CA (US);
Bernardo da Costa, So. San Francisco, CA (US);
REG LIFE SCIENCES, LLC, Ames, IA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides isolated nucleic acids and isolated polypeptides involved in the synthesis of hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon intermediates. Homologs of, conservative variants of, and sequences having at least about 35% sequence identity with nucleic acids involved in the synthesis of hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon intermediates are also provided. The invention further provides methods for producing an aliphatic ketone or a hydrocarbon, as well as a method for identifying an enzyme useful for the production of hydrocarbons.