US Patent Issued to ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH on April 22 for "Non-human organism for producing triacylglycerol" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,317, issued on April 22, was assigned to ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH LTD (Harpenden, Great Britain).

"Non-human organism for producing triacylglycerol" was invented by Peter Eastmond (Harpenden, Great Britain), Henricus Egbertus Gerardus Van Erp (Harpenden, Great Britain) and Govindprasad Bhutada (Harpenden, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are non-human organisms for producing triacylglycerol wherein the non-human organism is genetically modified to express a lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase specific for C16:0-Coenzyme A (C16:0 LPAT) and wherein, once expressed, the C16:0 LPAT is localised in the endoplasmic...