Patent ID: 11952581
Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  A  Y | IPC A  C

Claim 0:
1. A process for producing docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), said process comprising:
growing a transgenic plant comprising:
a) least one nucleic acid sequence which encodes a polypeptide with Δ6-desaturase activity, and
b) at least one nucleic acid sequence which encodes a polypeptide with Δ6-elongase activity, and
c) at least one nucleic acid sequence which encodes a polypeptide with Δ5-desaturase activity, and
d) at least one nucleic acid sequence which encodes a polypeptide with Δ5-elongase activity, and
e) at least one nucleic acid sequence which encodes a polypeptide with Δ4-desaturase activity, and
wherein the Δ6-desaturase uses CoA fatty acid esters as a substrate,
wherein the at least one nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide with Δ6-desaturase activity comprises:
i) the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 89;
ii) a nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 90; or
iii) a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having at least 90% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 90, and

harvesting the transgenic plant.