US 7,538,204 B2
	Recombinant enzyme and uses therefor
Umi Salamah Ramli, Selangor (Malaysia); Mohd. Basri Wahid, Selangor (Malaysia); Ravigadevi Sambanthamurthi, Selangor (Malaysia); Cheah Suan Choo, Wilayah Persekutuan (Malaysia); Sharifah Shahrul Rabiah Syed Alwee, Nilai (Malaysia); Siti Nor Akmar Abdullah, Selangor (Malaysia); Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir, Selangor (Malaysia); Abrizah Othman, Selangor (Malaysia); Mohd. Arif Abdul Manaf, Selangor (Malaysia); Omar Abdul Rasid, Putrajaya (Malaysia); Dzulfazly Aminudin, Selangor Darul Ehsan (Malaysia); and Abdul Masani Mat Yunus, Selangor (Malaysia)
Assigned to Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Selangor (Malaysia)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2004, as Appl. No. 11/22,382.
Claims priority of application No. PI 20040179 (MY), filed on Jan. 21, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0026713 A1, Feb. 02, 2006
Int. Cl. C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 536—23.2  [435/320.1; 435/252.3]

16 Claims

1. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a sequence of nucleotides encoding a β-ketoacyl ACP synthase II from a plant, or a variant, derivative, homolog or analog of said β-ketoacyl ACP synthase II, wherein said variant, derivative, homolog or analog of said β-ketoacyl ACP synthase II has β-ketoacyl ACP synthase II activity, and wherein the sequence of nucleotides is set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, or a nucleotide sequence having at least 95% identity to SEQ ID NO: 2 after optimal alignment.