DELTA - 9 DESATURASE AND ITS USE IN MAKING POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS

摘要

The present invention relates to a Delta9 desaturase, which has the ability to convert palmitic acid [16:0] or stearic acid [18:0] into palmitoleic acid [16:1] or oleic acid [18:1], respectively. Isolated nucleic acid fragments and recombinant constructs comprising such fragments encoding Delta9 desaturase along with a method of making long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) using this Delta9 desaturase in oleaginous yeast is disclosed.