Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of producing lipid
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Application No.: US16094080Application Date: 2017-04-04
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Publication No.: US10995348B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Mika Terai , Akihito Kawahara , Tatsuro Ozaki
- Applicant: Kao Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kao Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kao Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
- Priority: JPJP2016-094479 20160510
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/014139 WO 20170404
- International Announcement: WO2017/195505 WO 20171116
- Main IPC: C12P7/64
- IPC: C12P7/64 ; C12N9/10 ; C12N1/20

Abstract:
A method of producing lipids, comprising the steps of: culturing a transformant in which the expression of a gene encoding at least any one of the following proteins (A) to (D) is enhanced in a cyanobacteria cell, and producing fatty acids or lipids containing these fatty acids as components. (A) a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1; (B) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence having 60% or more identity with the amino acid sequence of the protein (A), and having β-ketoacyl-ACP synthase activity; (C) a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 44; and (D) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence having 60% or more identity with the amino acid sequence of the protein (C), and having β-ketoacyl-ACP synthase activity.
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