申请人:REG Life Sciences, LLC
公开号:EP3564345A1
公开(公告)日:2019-11-06
The present invention relates to novel mutant thioesterase enzymes and naturally-occurring equivalents thereof, compositions made from such enzymes and uses of thioesterase enzymes. In particular, the present invention provides mutant thioesterase enzymes that have altered properties, for example, altered substrate specificity, altered activity, altered selectivity, and/or altered proportional yields in the product mixtures. The present invention also provides polynucleotides encoding such mutant thioesterase enzymes, and vectors and host cells comprising such polynucleotides. The invention further provides for novel uses of thioesterases in the production of various fatty acid derivatives, which are useful as, or as components of, industrial chemicals and fuels.
本发明涉及新型突变硫酯酶及其天然等同物、由此类酶制成的组合物以及硫酯酶的用途。特别是,本发明提供的突变硫酯酶具有改变的特性,例如,改变的底物特异性、改变的活性、改变的选择性和/或改变的产物混合物中的比例产率。本发明还提供了编码这种突变硫酯酶的多核苷酸,以及包含这种多核苷酸的载体和宿主细胞。本发明进一步提供了硫酯酶在生产各种脂肪酸衍生物中的新用途,这些脂肪酸衍生物可用作工业化学品和燃料或其组分。