Patent ID: 11939614
Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 10:
11. A process of synthesizing a naturally-occurring cannabinoid compound or a non-naturally occurring analog of a cannabinoid compound comprising expressing in the microorganism, plant, plant cell or plant tissue i) a nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 3 or a codon degenerate nucleotide sequence thereof; ii) a nucleotide sequence of 303 nucleotides that encodes a polypeptide with an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 or a conservatively substituted amino acid sequence thereof; iii) a fragment of i) or ii) having a length of at least 300 base pairs; or iv) a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2 or a conservatively substituted amino acid sequence thereof, in the presence of a type III polyketide synthase enzyme, an alkanoyl CoA and malonyl CoA, and wherein the nucleotide sequence encodes a polypeptide with polyketide cyclase activity.