GENES CODING FOR BIOSYNTHETIC ENZYME GROUP FOR ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID

摘要

An advantageous process for producing icosapentaenoic acid (EPA) useful as medicines, agricultural chemicals, food, feeds, and so forth, which comprises obtaining from microorganisms a gene coding for the biosynthetic enzyme group for EPA, connecting the gene and a vector to prepare a plasmid, transforming Escherichia coli with the plasmid, and culturing the transformant.