Patent ID: 8110388

Claim:
An isolated nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence shown in any one of (a) to (e) below: (a) a nucleotide sequence which encodes a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence with deletion, substitution, or addition of 1 to 10 amino acids in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 and having lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase activity; (b) a nucleotide sequence which hybridizes under conditions of 0.2×SSC at 63° C. with a nucleic acid consisting of a nucleotide sequence completely complementary to a nucleotide sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO:36 and which encodes a protein having lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase activity; (c) a nucleotide sequence which consists of a nucleotide sequence sharing an identity of 90% or more with a nucleotide sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO:36 and which encodes a protein having lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase activity; (d) a nucleotide sequence which encodes an amino acid sequence sharing an identity of 90% or more with an amino acid sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO:2 and which encodes a protein having lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase activity; or (e) a nucleotide sequence which hybridizes under conditions of 0.2×SSC at 63° C. with a nucleic acid consisting of a nucleotide sequence completely complementary to a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 and which encodes a protein having lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase activity.