Desaturase Enzymes
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Abstract
Novel transgenic cells comprising a polynucleotide molecule encoding a polypeptides having Thalassiosira pseudonana desaturase activity, or polynucleotide molecules. Also provided are transgenic plants, seeds of said plants and reaction vessels comprising the transgenic cells. Methods for desaturating fatty acid substrates are also provided.
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19. A transgenic cell comprising a polynucleotide molecule which hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions with a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence as represented in
FIGS. 5 a, 5b, 6a, 6c, 7a, 8a, 8b, 9a, 10a, 11a, 11b, or 11d, wherein said polynucleotide molecule encodes a polypeptide which has desaturase activity.
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33. A reaction vessel comprising
at least one polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide molecule which hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions with a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence as represented in FIGS. 5 a, 5b, 6a, 6c, 7a, 8a, 8b, 9a, 10a, 11a, 11b, or 11d, wherein said polynucleotide molecule encodes a polypeptide which has desaturase activity,at least one fatty acid substrate, and suitable co-factors, wherein said vessel is adapted for desaturation of the at least one fatty acid substrate.
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39. A transgenic cell comprising a polynucleotide molecule which encodes a polypeptide molecule, wherein the polypeptide molecule comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to an amino acid sequence shown in
FIG. 1 c, and wherein the polypeptide has desaturase activity.
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