abstract |
By this invention, novel nucleic acid sequences encoding for phosphatidic acid phosphatase (PAP) proteins are provided, wherein said PAP protein is active in the formation of diacylglycerol from phosphatidic acid. Also considered are amino acid and nucleic acid sequences obtainable from PAP nucleic acid sequences and the use of such sequences to provide transgenic host cells capable of producing altered lipid compositions and total lipid levels. |