An object of the present invention is to clone a gene which is involved in synthesis of fatty acid having trans-11-, cis-13-conjugated double bonds from fatty acid having a double bone at position Δ12. The present invention provides a gene having any one of the following nucleotide sequences: (A) a nucleotide sequence encoding an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 12; (B) a nucleotide sequence encoding an amino acid sequence comprising a deletion, addition or substitution of one or several amino acids with respect to the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ NO: 1 or 12, and having an ability of synthesizing fatty acid having trans-11-, cis-13-conjugated double bonds from fatty acid having a double bond at position Δ12; (C) a nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 or 13; (D) a nucleotide sequence comprising a deletion, addition or substitution of one or several nucleotides with respect to the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 or 13, and encoding a protein having an ability of synthesizing fatty acid having trans-11-, cis-13-conjugated double bonds from fatty acid having a double bond at position Δ12; and (E) a nucleotide sequence hybridizing with the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 or 13 or a complementary sequence thereof under stringent conditions, and encoding a protein having an ability of synthesizing fatty acid having trans-11-, cis-13-conjugated double bonds from fatty acid having a double bond at position Δ12.
本发明的目的是克隆参与合成具有位置Δ12处双键的
脂肪酸中具有反11-顺13-共轭双键的
基因。本发明提供了具有以下任一核苷酸序列的
基因:(A)编码
SEQ ID NO:1或12中所示
氨基酸序列的核苷酸序列;(B)编码与
SEQ NO:1或12中所示
氨基酸序列相比具有一个或多个
氨基酸的缺失、添加或置换,并具有从位置Δ12处具有双键的
脂肪酸合成反11-顺13-共轭双键的能力的
氨基酸序列的核苷酸序列;(C)
SEQ ID NO:2或13所示的核苷酸序列;(D)与
SEQ ID NO:2或13所示的核苷酸序列相比具有一个或多个核苷酸的缺失、添加或置换,并编码具有从位置Δ12处具有双键的
脂肪酸合成反11-顺13-共轭双键的能力的蛋白质的核苷酸序列;以及(E)在严格条件下与
SEQ ID NO:2或13所示的核苷酸序列或其互补序列杂交,并编码具有从位置Δ12处具有双键的
脂肪酸合成反11-顺13-共轭双键的能力的蛋白质的核苷酸序列。