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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2010
Applicants:
Takuto Tojo, Haga-Gun, JP;
Keiji Endo, Haga-gun, JP;
Inventors:
Takuto Tojo, Haga-Gun, JP;
Keiji Endo, Haga-gun, JP;
Assignee:
KAO CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 14/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C07K 14/415 (2006.01); C12N 9/16 (2006.01); C12P 7/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/8247 (2013.01); C07K 14/415 (2013.01); C12N 9/16 (2013.01); C12N 15/8218 (2013.01); C12N 15/8285 (2013.01); C12P 7/6463 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of producing a fatty acid or a lipid containing a fatty acid, using a thioesterase variant having an amino acid sequence in which the 231amino acid is substituted from threonine to lysine in the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1; and a transformant obtained by introducing a gene that encodes the thioesterase variant which transformant has an enhanced ability to produce a fatty acid or a lipid containing a fatty acid.