Robert E. Anderson;Martin-Paul Agbaga;Richard S. Brush
发明人:
Robert E. Anderson,Martin-Paul Agbaga,Richard S. Brush
申请号：
US13231649
公开号：
US20120071558A1
申请日:
2011.09.13
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
The present invention relates to processes for production of Very Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (VLC-PUFAs). The present invention also relates to compositions (e.g., nutritional supplements, food products, and pharmaceutic compositions) containing such VLC-PUFAs. In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to methods for biosynthesis and production of the VLC-PUFAs described herein (particularly C28-C40 PUFAs, also referred to herein as supraenes or supraenoics) by the expression, in a production host cell, of the full or partial sequence(s) of Elovl4 DNA/mRNA nucleic acids or ELOVL4 protein sequences encoded thereby, from any species (prokaryotic or eukaryotic) for use in the biosynthesis, production, purification and utilization of VLC-PUFAs in particular by the elongation of C18-C26 saturated fatty acids and PUFAs. The composition of the invention comprises, in various embodiments, a dietary supplement, a food product, a nutritional formulation, a pharmaceutical formulation, a humanized animal milk, an infant formula, and a cosmetic item and for example. A pharmaceutical formulation can include, but is not limited to: a composition for enhancing neural development and function, a drug for treatment of neurodegenerative disease, an ocular disorder, a retinal disorder, age related maculopathy, a fertility disorder, particularly regarding sperm or testes, or a skin disorder.
