PROTEIN EXHIBITING FATTY ACID ELONGATION PROMOTING ACTIVITY, GENE ENCODING SAME AND USE THEREOF
申请人:Suntory Holdings Limited
公开号:EP2740797A1
公开(公告)日:2014-06-11
The present invention relates to a protein having an activity to promote fatty acid chain elongation, a polynucleotide encoding the same, etc. The present invention provides, for example, a polynucleotide containing the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 4, a polynucleotide encoding a protein which consists of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, an expression vector and a transformant, each containing such a polynucleotide, a method for preparing lipids or fatty acids by using such a transformant, or a food or the like containing lipids or fatty acids prepared by such a method.
本发明涉及一种具有促进脂肪酸链延长活性的蛋白质、编码该蛋白质的多核苷酸等。例如,本发明提供了一种含有 SEQ ID NO: 1 或 4 所示核苷酸序列的多核苷酸、一种编码由 SEQ ID NO: 2 所示氨基酸序列组成的蛋白质的多核苷酸、一种表达载体和一种转化体(每种载体都含有这种多核苷酸)、一种使用这种转化体制备脂质或脂肪酸的方法,或一种含有用这种方法制备的脂质或脂肪酸的食品或类似物。