Patent ID: 7183458
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: C12N

Abstract:
1. An isolated nucleic acid sequence which codes for a polypeptide having Δ6-acetylenase and/or Δ6-desaturase activity, selected from the group consisting of: a nucleic acid sequence having the sequence depicted in SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3 or SEQ ID NO: 11, nucleic acid sequences which, as a result of the degeneracy of the genetic code, are derived from the nucleic acid sequence depicted in SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3 or SEQ ID NO: 11, and derivatives of the nucleic acid sequence depicted in SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3 or SEQ ID NO: 11, which encode polypeptides having the amino acid sequence depicted in SEQ ID NO: 2, or for a polypeptide having at least 95% homology thereof at the amino acid level and having at least 10% of the enzymatic action of the polypeptide containing the amino acid sequence in SEQ ID NO: 2.