Microbial production of eicosapentaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid

摘要

It is an object of the present invention to provide an efficient method for producing EPA and an EPA production method using the microorganism.The present invention relates toA microorganism having the ability to produce docosahexaenoic acid (DHA);In the amino acid sequence represented by array numberSixthThe sixth230At least one of the 231 and 275 amino acid residues contains a protein (mutant orphb) consisting of an amino acid sequence substituted for other amino acid residuesIt relates to microorganisms capable of producing eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA).