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Isolation of clustered genes that are notably homologous to the eicosapentaenoic acid biosynthesis gene cluster from the docosahexaenoic acid-producing bacterium Vibrio marinus strain MP-1

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A 40-kbp DNA fragment was isolated from the cosmid library of Vibrio marinus strain MP-1. Among the 22 putative open reading frames (ORFs) in this fragment, ORFs 8, 9, 10 and 11 had high homology with ORFs 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the eicosapentaenoic acid biosynthesis gene cluster, respectively. Then, we speculate that these ORFs are responsible for docosahexaenoic acid biosynthesis in this bacterium.

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  1. Bioscience and Chemistry Division, Hokkaido National Industrial Research Institute, AIST/MITI, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, 062-8517, Japan

    Mika Tanaka, Kosei Kawasaki, Isao Yumoto, Satoru Ohgiya, Tamotsu Hoshino, Kozo Ishizaki, Hidetoshi Okuyama & Naoki Morita

  2. Laboratory of Environmental Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan

    Akio Ueno

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Tanaka, M., Ueno, A., Kawasaki, K. et al. Isolation of clustered genes that are notably homologous to the eicosapentaenoic acid biosynthesis gene cluster from the docosahexaenoic acid-producing bacterium Vibrio marinus strain MP-1. Biotechnology Letters 21, 939–945 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005601606929

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