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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2014
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Ames, IA (US);
Shivani Garg, Ames, IA (US);
Huanan Jin, Wuhan, CN;
Marna Yandeau-Nelson, Ames, IA (US);
Basil J. Nikolau, Ames, IA (US);
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Ames, IA (US);
Abstract
A mutant, which does not express a functional KASIIIA and/or KASIIIB, and method of making; a mutant, which does not express a functional PhaC1, PhaC2, and/or PhaC3, and method of making; method of characterizing substrate specificity of KASIII; method of making mutant KASIII with altered substrate specificity and/or altered level of activity and nucleic acid, vector, host cell/organism, and mutant KASIII; an in vitro, high-throughput spectrophotometric method of assaying KASIII activity; and materials and methods for using KASIII for production of bi-functional fatty acids and the materials so produced.