| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20080318288 | Enzymatic Reduction for Producing Optically Active Alcohols - A process for preparing optically active alkanols of the formula I | 12-25-2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 20110129882 | GENE CODING FOR GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE-DEHYDROGENASE PROTEINS - The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding mutants of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, and vectors and hosts cells including such nucleic acid molecules. These nucleic acid molecules are involved in the biosynthesis of a fine chemical, e.g., an amino acid such as lysine. The present invention also relates to methods of producing and modulating the production of fine chemicals, e.g., lysine, by culturing recombinant microorganisms containing these nucleic acid molecules under conditions such that the fine chemical is produced. | 06-02-2011 |