Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080206824 | Method For Producing Optically Active Alcohols From Alkanones Using a Dehydrogenase of Azoarcus - The invention relates to a method for producing the optically active alkanols of formula (I), wherein n is an integer of from 0 to 5; Cyc represents an optionally substituted, mononuclear or polynuclear, saturated or unsaturated, carbocylic or heterocyclic ring, and R | 08-28-2008 |
20080268502 | Multiple Promoters and the Use Thereof For Gene Expression - The present invention relates to multiple promoters and to expression units comprising them; to the use thereof for regulating transcription and expression of genes; to expression cassettes which comprise multiple promoters or expression units of this kind; to vectors which comprise such expression cassettes; to genetically modified microorganisms which comprise vectors and/or expression units of this kind; and to processes for preparing biosynthetic products by culturing said genetically modified microorganisms. | 10-30-2008 |
20080274516 | Psod Expression Units - The present invention relates to the use of nucleic acid sequences for regulating the transcription and expression of genes, the novel promoters and expression units themselves, methods for altering or causing the transcription rate and/or expression rate of genes, expression cassettes comprising the expression units, genetically modified microorganisms with altered or caused transcription rate and/or expression rate, and methods for preparing biosynthetic products by cultivating the genetically modified microorganisms. | 11-06-2008 |
20080280333 | Use of the repressor glxR for the synthesis of lysine in corynebacterium glutamicum - Isolated polypeptide sequence having the sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or muteins thereof having the ability to bind cAMP and repress the expression of the aceB gene of | 11-13-2008 |
20080286841 | PGRO EXPRESSION UNITS - The present invention relates to the use of nucleic acid sequences for regulating the transcription and expression of genes, the novel promoters and expression units themselves, methods for altering or causing the transcription rate and/or expression rate of genes, expression cassettes comprising the expression units, genetically modified microorganisms with altered or caused transcription rate and/or expression rate, and methods for preparing biosynthetic products by cultivating the genetically modified microorganisms. | 11-20-2008 |
20080318288 | Enzymatic Reduction for Producing Optically Active Alcohols - A process for preparing optically active alkanols of the formula I | 12-25-2008 |
20090029356 | Corynebacterium glutamicum genes encoding novel proteins - Isolated nucleic acid molecules, designated MCP nucleic acid molecules, which encode novel MCP proteins from | 01-29-2009 |
20090029425 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BETA-LYSINE - Process for the production of -lysine by constructing a recombinant microorganism which has a deregulated lysine 2,3-aminomutase gene and at least one deregulated gene selected from the group (i) which consists of aspartokinase, aspartatesemialdehyde dehydrogenase, dihydrodipicolinate synthase, dihydrodipicolinate reductase, tetrahydrodipicolinate succinylase, succinyl-amino-ketopimelate transaminase, succinyl-diamino-pimelate desuccinylase, diaminopimelate epimerase, diamino-pimelate dehydrogenase, arginyl-tRNA synthetase, diaminopimelate decarboxylase, pyruvate carboxylase, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, transketolase, transaldolase, 6-phosphogluconolactonase, fructose 1,6-biphosphatase, homoserine dehydrogenase, phophoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, succinyl-CoA synthetase, methylmalonyl-CoA mutase, provided that if aspartokinase is deregulated as gene (i) at least a second gene (i) other than aspartokinase has to be deregulated, and cultivating said microorganism. | 01-29-2009 |
20090053778 | Microorganisms for producing sulfur-containing compounds - The present invention relates to microorganisms and methods for producing at least one sulfur-containing compound. | 02-26-2009 |
20090191610 | Microorganisms With Increased Efficiency for Methionine Synthesis - The present invention relates to methods for the production of microorganisms with increased efficiency for methionine synthesis, microorganisms with increased efficiency for methionine synthesis, and methods for determining the optimal metabolic flux for organisms with respect to methionine synthesis. | 07-30-2009 |
20090221027 | Use of a bacillus meti gene to improve methionine production in microorganisms - The present invention pertains to improved microorganisms and methods for the production of methionine and other sulfur containing fine chemicals using the metI gene from | 09-03-2009 |
20090246836 | Pgro expression units - The present invention relates to the use of nucleic acid sequences for regulating the transcription and expression of genes, the novel promoters and expression units themselves, methods for altering or causing the transcription rate and/or expression rate of genes, expression cassettes comprising the expression units, genetically modified microorganisms with altered or caused transcription rate and/or expression rate, and methods for preparing biosynthetic products by cultivating the genetically modified microorganisms. | 10-01-2009 |
20090246838 | Process For The Production Of Cadaverine - Process for the production of cadaverine by constructing a recombinant microorganism which has a deregulated lysine decarboxylase gene and at least one deregulated gene selected from the group (i) which consists of aspartokinase, aspartatesemialdehyde dehydrogenase, dihydrodipicolinate synthase, dihydrodipicolinate reductase, tetrahydrodipicolinate succinylase, succinyl-amino-ketopimelate transaminase, succinyl-diamino-pimelate desuccinylase, diaminopimelate epimerase, diaminopimelate dehydrogenase, arginyl-tRNA synthetase, diaminopimelate decarboxylase, pyruvate carboxylase, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, transketolase, transaldolase, 6-phosphogluconolactonase, fructose 1,6-biphosphatase, homoserine dehydrogenase, phophoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, succinyl-CoA synthetase, methylmalonyl-CoA mutase, provided that if aspartokinase is deregulated as gene (i) at least a second gene (i) other than aspartokinase has to be deregulated, and cultivating said microorganism. | 10-01-2009 |
20090281353 | Use of dimethyl disulfide for methionine production in microoragnisms - The present invention features improved processes and organisms for the production of methionine. The invention demonstrates that a ΔmetF organism or a ΔmetE AmetH organism, for example, mutants of | 11-12-2009 |
20090298136 | Methionine producing recombinant microorganisms - This invention relates to methionine producing recombinant microorganisms. Specifically, this invention relates to recombinant strains of | 12-03-2009 |
20090298137 | MICROORGANISM AND PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF L-METHIONINE - The present invention relates to microorganisms and processes for the efficient preparation of L-amino acids such as L-methionine. In particular, the present invention relates to microorganisms and processes in which the formation and/or accumulation of homolanthionine in the methionine pathway is reduced and/or prevented. | 12-03-2009 |
20090311756 | Microorganisms with a Reactivation System for cob(I)Alamin-Dependent Methionine Synthase - The present invention relates to microorganisms and methods for producing methionine by reactivation of the MetH enzyme. | 12-17-2009 |
20090325244 | METHOD OF INCREASING GENE EXPRESSION USING MODIFIED CODON USAGE - The present invention relates to a method of increasing the amount of at least one polypeptide in the host cell by expressing a modified nucleotide sequence encoding for a polypeptide in a host cell with said modified nucleotide sequence being derived from a different non-modified nucleotide sequence encoding for a polypeptide of identical amino acid sequence such that the codon usage of the modified nucleotide sequence is adjusted to the codon usage of abundant proteins in the host cell. | 12-31-2009 |
20100003727 | Coryneform Bacteria with Formate-THF-Synthetase and/or Glycine Cleavage Activity - The present invention relates to microorganisms, in particular | 01-07-2010 |
20100009416 | Process for the Preparation of L-Methionine - The present invention relates to microorganisms and processes for the efficient preparation of L-methionine. In particular, the present invention relates to processes in which the amount of serine available for the metabolism of the microorganism is increased. | 01-14-2010 |
20100015674 | Methods For The Preparation of Lysine By Fermentation Of Corynebacterium Glutamicum - The present invention features methods of increasing the production of a fine chemical, e.g., lysine from a microorganism, e.g., | 01-21-2010 |
20100035307 | Methionine Synthases with Reduced Product Inhibition - The present invention relates to nulceotide sequences encoding enzymatically active cobalamin-methionine synthase and functional fragments thereof being modified in comparison to the respective wild-type enzyme such that said enzymes show reduced product inhibition by methionine. The present invention also relates to polypeptides being encoded by such nucleotide sequences and host cells comprising such nucleotide sequences. Furthermore, the present invention relates to methods for producing methionine in host organisms by making use of such nucleotide sequences. | 02-11-2010 |
20100041107 | METHOD OF REDUCING GENE EXPRESSION USING MODIFIED CODON USAGE - The present invention is directed to a method of reducing the amount of at least one polypeptide in a host cell by expressing a nucleotide sequence encoding for the polypeptide in the host cell wherein the nucleotide sequence uses codons that are rarely used according to the codon usage of the host organism. Furthermore, the present invention relates to nucleotide sequences encoding for a polypeptide with a codon usage that has been adjusted to use codons that are only rarely used according to the codon usage of the host organism. The present invention further relates to the use of such sequences and methods for producing fine chemicals such as amino acids, sugars, lipids, oils, carbohydrates, vitamins, cofactors etc. | 02-18-2010 |
20100047881 | Microorganisms with Deregulated Vitamin B12 System - The present invention relates to microorganisms with improved efficiency of vitamin B12 utilization. | 02-25-2010 |
20100062535 | PSOD EXPRESSION UNITS - The present invention relates to the use of nucleic acid sequences for regulating the transcription and expression of genes, the novel promoters and expression units themselves, methods for altering or causing the transcription rate and/or expression rate of genes, expression cassettes comprising the expression units, genetically modified microorganisms with altered or caused transcription rate and/or expression rate, and methods for preparing biosynthetic products by cultivating the genetically modified microorganisms. | 03-11-2010 |
20100159542 | BACTERIAL CELLS EXHIBITING FORMATE DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SUCCINIC ACID - The present invention relates to a bacterial cell of the genus | 06-24-2010 |
20100159543 | BACTERIAL CELLS HAVING A GLYOXYLATE SHUNT FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SUCCINIC ACID - The present invention is concerned with bacteria for the production of succinic acid. Specifically, the invention relates to a bacterial cell of the genus | 06-24-2010 |
20100240131 | Method of modifying the genome of gram-positive bacteria by means of a novel conditionally negative dominant marker gene - The invention relates to a novel method for modifying the genome of Gram-positive bacteria, to these bacteria and to novel vectors. The invention particularly relates to a method for modifying | 09-23-2010 |
20100324258 | Process for the Production of Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid - The present invention relates to a novel method for the fermentative production of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) by cultivating a recombinant micro-organism expressing an enzyme having a glutamate decarboxylase activity. The present invention also relates to corresponding recombinant hosts, recombinant vectors, expression cassettes and nucleic acids suitable for preparing such hosts as well as to a method for preparing polyamides making use of GABA as obtained fermentative production. | 12-23-2010 |
20110003963 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DIPICOLINATE - The present invention relates to a novel method for the fermentative production of dipicolinate by cultivating a recombinant microorganism expressing an enzyme having dipicolinate synthetase activity. The present invention also relates to corresponding recombinant hosts, recombinant vectors, expression cassettes and nucleic acids suitable for preparing such hosts as well as a method of preparing polyester or polyamide copolymers making use of dipicolinate as obtained by fermentative production. | 01-06-2011 |
20110008851 | Carboxylic Acid Producing Member of the Pasteurellaceae - The present invention relates to a novel bacterial strain designated DD1, which has the ability to produce organic acids, in particular succinic acid (SA), which was originally isolated from bovine rumen, and is capable of utilizing glycerol as a carbon source; and variant strains derived there from retaining said capability; as well as to methods of producing organic acids, in particular succinic acid by making use of said microorganism. | 01-13-2011 |
20110300589 | Novel Microbial Succinic Acid Producers and Purification of Succinic Acid - The present invention relates to bacterial strains, capable of utilizing glycerol as a carbon source for the fermentative production of succinic acid, wherein said strains are genetically modified so that they comprise a deregulation of their endogenous pyruvate-formate-lyase enzyme activity, as well as to methods of producing organic acids, in particular succinic acid, by making use of such microorganism. The present invention also relates to the downstream processing of the produced organic acids by cation exchange chromatography. | 12-08-2011 |
20140011243 | Genetically Modified Microorganisms Capable of Producing Beta-Glucans and Methods for Producing Beta-Glucans - The present invention relates to genetically modified microorganisms capable of producing beta-glucans, characterized in that said genetically modified microorganism overexpresses (i) a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having 1,3-β-D-glucan synthase-activity, and/or (ii) a polypeptide having 1,3-β-D-glucan synthase-activity, compared to a corresponding non-modified control microorganism of the same strain. The present invention also relates to the use of a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having 1,3-β-D-glucan synthase-activity or the use of such a polypeptide for producing β-glucans. Furthermore, the present invention relates to methods for producing β-glucans comprising the introduction of a promoter upstream of a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having 1,3-β-D-glucan synthase-activity thereby increasing the expression of said polynucleotide, or a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having 1,3-β-D-glucan synthase-activity into a microorganism being able to synthesize β-glucans. | 01-09-2014 |
20140030778 | Bacterial Strain and Process for the Fermentative Production of Organic Acids - The present invention relates to a novel bacterial strain designated DD1, which has the ability to produce organic acids, in particular succinic acid (SA), which was originally isolated from bovine rumen, and is capable of utilizing glycerol as a carbon source; and variant strains derived there from retaining said capability; as well as to methods of producing organic acids, in particular succinic acid by making use of said microorganism. | 01-30-2014 |
20140127764 | Novel Microbial Succinic Acid Producers and Purification of Succinic Acid - The present invention relates to bacterial strains, capable of utilizing glycerol as a carbon source for the fermentative production of succinic acid, wherein said strains are genetically modified so that they comprise a deregulation of their endogenous pyruvate-formate-lyase enzyme activity, as well as to methods of producing organic acids, in particular succinic acid, by making use of such microorganism. The present invention also relates to the downstream processing of the produced organic acids by cation exchange chromatography. | 05-08-2014 |
20140141440 | Gene Cluster for Biosynthesis of Cornexistin and Hydroxycornexistin - The invention pertains to/the field of production of natural products and, in particular, in the field of production of cornexistin and hydroxycornexistin. It provides polynucleotides encoding polypeptides involved in the biosynthesis of cornexistin and hydroxycornexistin as well as vectors and recombinant microorganisms comprising such polynucleotides. Also provided are methods for the production of natural products, in particular methods for the production of cornexistin and hydroxycornexistin, using such polynucleotides and polpeptides encoded therein, as well as vectors and recombinant microorganisms comprising such polynucleotides and polypeptides. | 05-22-2014 |
20140256005 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID - The present invention relates to a novel method for the fermentative production of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) by cultivating a recombinant microorganism expressing an enzyme having a glutamate decarboxylase activity. The present invention also relates to corresponding recombinant hosts, recombinant vectors, expression cassettes and nucleic acids suitable for preparing such hosts as well as to a method for preparing polyamides making use of GABA as obtained fermentative production. | 09-11-2014 |