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Desaturases and methods of using them for synthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids

  • US 6,825,017 B1
  • Filed: 08/17/2001
  • Issued: 11/30/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/07/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A purified protein having Δ

  • 8 fatty acid desaturase activity, and comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of;

    (a) an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO;

    4;

    (b) an amino acid sequence that differs from that specified in (a) by one or more conservative amino acid substitutions; and

    (c) an amino acid sequences having at least 95% sequence identity to the sequences specified in (a) or (b).

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