Patent ID: 8119861

Claim:
An isolated nucleic acid molecule which encodes a polypeptide with Δ9-elongase activity and which is selected from the group consisting of: a) a nucleic acid sequence comprising nucleic acid residues 7668 to 9200 of SEQ ID NO: 1 or the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9; b) a nucleic acid sequence which encodes a polypeptide with Δ9-elongase activity, wherein the polypeptide comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 or SEQ ID NO: 10; and c) a derivative of a nucleic acid sequence comprising nucleic acid residues 7668 to 9200 of SEQ ID NO: 1 or the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9 which encodes a polypeptide with at least 95% identity at the amino acid level with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 or SEQ ID NO: 10; wherein said polypeptide has Δ9-elongase activity.