US 7,456,270 B2
	Δ6-desaturase genes and uses thereof
Pradip Mukerji, Columbus, Ohio (US); Yung-Sheng Huang, Upper Arlington, Ohio (US); Amanda E. Leonard, Columbus, Ohio (US); Suzette L. Pereira, Westerville, Ohio (US); and Jennifer M. Thurmond, Columbus, Ohio (US)
Assigned to Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Ill. (US)
Filed on Sep. 01, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/931,626.
Prior Publication US 2006/0048244 A1, Mar. 02, 2006
Int. Cl. C07H 21/24 (2006.01); C12P 21/06 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/04 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 536—23.2  [435/69.1; 435/320.1; 435/419]

11 Claims

1. An isolated nucleic acid sequence comprising or complementary to a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having Δ6-desaturase activity, wherein the amino acid sequence of said polypeptide has at least 95% identity to SEQ ID NO:8.