MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR USING AN ACYL-ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN THIOESTERASE AND MUTANTS AND CHIMERAS THEREOF IN FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS

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APP PUB NO 20150322466A1
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14599528

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A method of increasing production of fatty acids comprising introducing into a host cell or organism and expressing therein an acyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) thioesterase (TE) from Bryantella formatexigens or a mutant thereof; a method of making a mutant B. formatexigens acyl-ACP TE; a method of making a chimeric Cuphea viscosissima acyl-ACP TE; a nucleic acid encoding a mutant acyl-ACP TE or a chimeric C. viscosissima acyl-ACP TE; a host cell or organism comprising the nucleic acid; a mutant acyl-ACP TE or chimeric C. viscosissima acyl-ACP TE; a method of altering the specificity of a plant acyl-ACP TE; and a method of altering the level of activity of a plant acyl-ACP TE.

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IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC1805 COLLABORATION PLACE SUITE 2100 AMES IA 50010

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Jing, Fuyuan Ames, US 5 28
Nikolau, Basil J Ames, US 11 54
Yandeau-Nelson, Marna Ames, US 8 43

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