Patent ID: 7927845
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: A61P,C12N,C12P

Abstract:
1. An isolated polynucleotide selected from any one of the following (a) to (g): (a) a polynucleotide comprising the nucleotide sequence of positions 1 to 12486 of SEQ ID NO: 1; (b) a polynucleotide comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; (c) a polynucleotide comprising a polynucleotide encoding a protein having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3; (d) a polynucleotide comprising a polynucleotide encoding a protein which consists of an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:3 in which one to 100 amino acids are deleted, substituted, inserted and/or added, and which is capable of synthesizing a 16-carbon fatty acid in a cell; (e) a polynucleotide comprising a polynucleotide encoding a protein having 95% or higher identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, and which is capable of synthesizing a 16-carbon fatty acid in a cell; (f) a polynucleotide comprising a polynucleotide which hybridizes under stringency conditions of 5×SSC, 5×Denhart's solution, 0.5% SDS and 50% formamide at 50° C. to a polynucleotide consisting of a nucleotide sequence complementary to the nucleotide sequence of positions 1 to 12486 of SEQ ID NO: 1, and which encodes a protein capable of synthesizing a 16-carbon fatty acid in a cell; and (g) a polynucleotide comprising a polynucleotide which hybridizes under stringency conditions of 5×SSC, 5×Denhart's solution, 0.5% SDS and 50% formamide at 50° C. to a polynucleotide consisting of a nucleotide sequence complementary to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 or a part thereof, and which encodes a protein capable of synthesizing a 16-carbon fatty acid in a cell.