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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2016
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Acton, Australian Capital Territory, AU;
Surinder Pal Singh, Downer, AU;
Stanley Suresh Robert, Oyster Cove, AU;
Peter David Nichols, West Hobart, AU;
Susan Irene Ellis Blackburn, Battery Point, AU;
Xue-Rong Zhou, Evatt, AU;
James Robertson Petrie, Goulburn, AU;
Allan Graham Green, Cremorne Point, AU;
COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION, Campbell, AU;
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, in recombinant cells such as yeast or plant cells. Also provided are recombinant cells or plants which produce long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a group of new enzymes which possess desaturase or elongase activity that can be used in methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.