With regard to the transformant of this embodiment, the เอซิล-ACP
thioesterase gene of the present invention does not function. Therefore, the
fatty acid composition of the lipid produced is considered to change from the composition original to the host. More specifically, the transformant can produce
a lipid in which the fatty acid composition is modified.
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4. Method of producing lipid
The transformant of the present invention is used for the production
method of the present invention. The production method of the present
invention contains culturing the transformant in a medium, and collecting a lipid from the resulting cultured product. In the present invention, the culturing of a transformant includes culturing of a microorganism, algae, animal or plant, or a
cell or tissue thereof, and also cultivating of a plant in soil or the like. Moreover, 20 the cultured product includes a medium used for culture, and a transformant
subjected to cultivation or the like.