摘要:
The present invention provides methods of converting or increasing conversion of a fatty acid to its corresponding dicarboxylic acid. The methods comprise isolating a promoter from a yeast gene which gene is induced when the yeast is grown on a fatty acid or alkane substrate, and operably linking the promoter to a gene involved in dicarboxylic acid production to form an expression vector. Yeast cells are subsequently transformed with such an expression vector and cultured in a media containing an organic substrate biooxidizable to a mono- or polycarboxylic acid, and resultant yeast cells convert or increase conversion of fatty acids to their corresponding dicarboxylic acids. Examples of promoters that may be used in the methods of the present invention include those from C. tropicalis catalase, citrate synthase, 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase A, citrate synthase, O-acetylhomserine sulphydrylase, protease, carnitine O-acetyltransferase, hydratase-dehydrogenase, and epimerase genes. A preferred promoter for use in a subject expression vector is the POX4 gene promoter. Examples of genes involved in dicarboxylic acid production include members of an null-hydroxylase complex such as e.g., CYP, NCP, or CYTb5 genes. Host cells comprising such expression vectors are also provided. Preferred host cells are include Yarrowia, Candida, Bebaromyces, Saccharomyces, Schizosaccharomyces, and Pichia.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method for preparing free polyunsaturated fatty acids and their oxidation metabolites, wherein, successively, the production of polyunsaturated fatty acids and of their oxidation metabolites is stimulated, in a red alga, by the action of an elicitor which is peptide, lipid or saccharide in nature, and then the polyunsaturated fatty acids produced and also their oxidation metabolites are extracted.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide a microorganism which has a high ability of producing docosahexaenoic acid. The present invention provides a Thraustochytrium strain which has an ability of producing docosahexaenoic acid, and use thereof.
摘要:
By this invention, nucleic acid sequences encoding for fatty acyl-CoA:fatty alcohol acyltransferase (wax synthase) are provided, wherein said wax synthase is active in the formation of a wax ester from fatty alcohol and fatty acyl-CoA substrates. Of special interest is are nucleic acid sequences obtainable from a jojoba embryo wax synthase having an apparent molecular mass of approximately 33 kD. Also considered are amino acid and nucleic acid sequences obtainable from wax synthase proteins and the use of such sequences to provide transgenic host cells capable of producing wax esters.
摘要:
The invention generally relates to synthesis of essential fatty acids and their derivatives, long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) and eicosanoids in transfected cells and in transgenic animals.
摘要:
A process for producing steryl or stanyl esters, comprises the steps of: a) forming a reacting mixture by contacting a lipase with a reactant mixture wherein the reactant mixture comprise sterols or stanols and one or more esters selected from the group consisting of esters of a fatty acid with a short chain aliphatic alcohol; b) separating the lipase from the reacting mixture to form a reacted mixture; and c) separating steryl or stanyl esters from the reacted mixture. The reaction is carried out in stirred reactors at pressures below atmospheric pressure and temperatures from 30 to 90null C. The separation of esters from the reacted mixtures is carried out by distillation at low pressures. A process for esterifying sterols or stanols comprise forming a reacting mixture by contacting a lipase with a reactant mixture wherein the reactant mixture comprise sterols or stanols and one or more esters selected from the group consisting of esters of a fatty acid with a short chain aliphatic alcohol. The reaction of esterification is carried out in stirred reactors at pressures below atmospheric pressure and temperatures from 30 to 90null C.
摘要:
The present invention relates generally to novel genetic sequences that encode fatty acid epoxygenase enzymes, in particular fatty acid null12-epoxygenase enzymes from plants that are mixed function monooxygenase enzymes. More particularly, the present invention exemplifies cDNA sequences from Crepis spp. and Vernonia galamensis that encode fatty acid null12-epoxygenases. The genetic sequences of the present invention provide the means by which fatty acid metabolism may be altered or manipulated in organisms, such as, for example, yeasts, moulds, bacteria, insects, birds, mammals and plants, and more particularly in plants. The invention also extends to genetically modified oil-accumulating organisms transformed with the subject genetic sequences and to the oils derived therefrom. The oils thus produced provide the means for the cost-effective raw materials for use in the efficient production of coatings, resins, glues, plastics, surfactants and lubricants.
摘要:
Methods and constructs for the introduction of multiple genes into plants using a single transformation event are described. Constructs contain a single 5null promoter operably linked to DNA encoding a modified intein splicing unit. The splicing unit is expressed as a polyprotein and consists of a first protein fused to an intein fused to a second protein. The splicing unit has been engineered to promote excision of all non-essential components in the polyprotein but prevent the ligation reactions normally associated with protein splicing. Additional genetic elements encoding inteins and additional proteins can be fused in frame to the 5null-terminus of the coding region for the second protein to form a construct for expression of more than two proteins. A single 3null termination sequence, such as a polyadenylation sequence when the construct is to be expressed in eucaryotic cells, follows the last coding sequence. These methods and constructs are particularly useful for creating plants with stacked input traits, illustrated by glyphosate tolerant plants producing BT toxin, and/or value added products, illustrated by the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates in plants.
摘要:
The present invention discloses a microbial polyunsaturated fatty acid(PUFA)-containing oil with a high triglyceride content and a high oxidative stability. In addition, a method is described for the recovery of such oil from a microbial biomass derived from a pasteurized fermentation broth, wherein the microbial biomass is subjected to extrusion to form granular particles, dried and the oil then extracted from the dried granules using an appropriate solvent.