Patent ID: 8362324
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: A23D,A23K,C11B,C12N,C12P

Abstract:
1. A method for the alteration of the isoprenoid content in a host cell, said method comprising: expressing in a host cell a polynucleotide molecule comprising a sequence encoding a transcriptional initiation region functional in the host cell operably linked to a nucleic acid sequence encoding a tocopherol cyclase, selected from the group consisting of: a) a polynucleotide sequence encoding the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 39; b) a polynucleotide sequence that has at least 95% identity to SEQ ID NO: 38; c) a polynucleotide sequence encoding the polypeptide that has at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 39; and d) a polynucleotide sequence that hybridizes, under stringent conditions, to SEQ ID NO: 38, wherein said isoprenoid compound selected from the group of tocopherols and tocotrienols.