FATTY ACYL-COA: FATTY ALCOHOL ACYLTRANSFERASES

摘要

By this invention, nucleic acid sequences encoding for fatty acyl-CoA: fatty alcohol acyltransferase (wax synthase) are provided, wherein said wax syntha se is active in the formation of a wax ester from fatty alcohol and fatty acyl- CoA substrates. Of special interest are nucleic acid sequences obtainable fr om a jojoba embryo wax synthase having an apparent molecular mass of approximately 33kD. Also considered are amino acid and nucleic acid sequence s obtainable from wax synthase proteins and the use of such sequences to provi de transgenic host cells capable of producing wax esters.