H2 - Patents applied for
Sayanova, O. V. and Napier, J. A. 2007. Process For The Production Of Arachidonic And/or Eicosapentaenoic Acid (Patent GB 2431158 A) . GB 2431158 A
Authors | Sayanova, O. V. and Napier, J. A. |
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Type | H2 - Patents applied for |
Patent applicant | Rothamsted Research Limited |
Patent ID | GB 2431158 A |
098-949-618-162-80X | |
Abstract | A process for the production of arachidonic acid and/or eicosapentaenoic acid in plants through the co-expression of a W -12-/ W -15-desaturase, W -9-elongase, W -8-desaturase and a W -5-desaturase and a process for the production of lipids or oils having an increased content of unsaturated fatty acids, in particular l -3 and l -6 fatty acids having at least two double bonds and a 18 or 20 carbon atom chain length. Preferably the arachidonic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid are produced in at least a 1:2 ratio. The invention furthermore relates to the production of a transgenic plants, preferably a transgenic crop plant, having an increased content of arachidonic acid and/or eicosapentaenoic acid. The invention additionally relates to specific nucleic acid sequences encoding for proteins with W -12-/ W -15-desaturase-, W -9-elongase-, W -8-desaturase- or W -5-desaturase-activity, nucleic acid constructs, vectors and transgenic plants containing said nucleic acid sequences. |
Year of Publication | 2007 |
Open access | Published as non-open access |
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