PRODUCTION OF POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS IN OLEAGINOUS YEASTS

The present invention relates to methods for the production of omega-3 and/or omega-6 fatty acids in oleaginous yeast. Thus, desaturases and elongases able to catalyze the conversion of linoleic acid (LA) to gamma-linolenic acid (GLA); alpha-linoleic acid (ALA) to stearidonic acid (STA); GLA to diho...

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Main Authors PICATAGGIO STEPHEN K, YADAV NARENDRA S, ZHU QUINN QUN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 06.06.2013
Subjects
BEER
BIOCHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY
COMPOSITIONS THEREOF
CULTURE MEDIA
ENZYMOLOGY
FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE
METALLURGY
MICROBIOLOGY
MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES
MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS
SPIRITS
VINEGAR
WINE
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Summary:The present invention relates to methods for the production of omega-3 and/or omega-6 fatty acids in oleaginous yeast. Thus, desaturases and elongases able to catalyze the conversion of linoleic acid (LA) to gamma-linolenic acid (GLA); alpha-linoleic acid (ALA) to stearidonic acid (STA); GLA to dihomo-gamma-linoleic acid (DGLA); STA to eicosatetraenoic acid (ETA); DGLA to arachidonic acid (ARA); ETA to eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA); DGLA to ETA; EPA to docosapentaenoic acid (DPA); and ARA to EPA have been introduced into the genome of Yarrowia for synthesis of ARA and EPA.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201213677911