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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Inventors:
Christoph Benning, East Lansing, MI (US);
Xiaobo Li, East Lansing, MI (US);
Bensheng Liu, Lansing, MI (US);
Min-Hao Kuo, East Lansing, MI (US);
Barbara Sears, Haslett, MI (US);
Assignee:
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, East Lansing, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/64 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/6463 (2013.01); C12N 15/8247 (2013.01); Y02E 50/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides a recombinant cell having a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide which is a lipase having at least 40% amino acid sequence identity to a polypeptide having SEQ ID NO:1, and methods of using the recombinant cell to produce triacylglycerols or to increase oil production by the cell.