US 7,521,223 B2
Acyltransferases for alteration of polyunsaturated fatty acids and oil content in oleaginous yeasts
Narendra S. Yadav, Chadds Ford, Pa. (US); and Hongxiang Zhang, Chadds Ford, Pa. (US)
Assigned to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, Del. (US)
Filed on Mar. 09, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/716,162.
Application 11/716162 is a division of application No. 10/882760, filed on Jul. 01, 2004, granted, now 7,267,976.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/484599, filed on Jul. 02, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2008/0124786 A1, May 29, 2008
Int. Cl. C12N 9/10 (2006.01); C12N 15/70 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12N 1/19 (2006.01); C12N 1/16 (2006.01); C12N 1/15 (2006.01); C12N 1/00 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 435—254.21  [435/320.1; 435/252.3; 435/254.11; 435/193; 435/254.3; 536/23.1; 536/23.2] 8 Claims
 
1. An isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding an diacylglycerol acyltransferase enzyme, selected from the group consisting of:
(a) an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:31;
(b) an isolated nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes with (a) under the following hybridization conditions: 0.1×SSC, 0.1% SDS, 65° C. and washed with 2×SSC, 0.1% SDS followed by 0.1×SSC, 0.1% SDS; 65° C.; or
(c) an isolated nucleic acid molecule that is completely complementary to (a) or (b).