Whole-cell biotransformation of fatty acids to obtain fatty aldehydes shortened by one carbon atom

US10017790B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SYMRISE AG · DE

Inventors

• Fenja Sporleder · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Markus Buchhaupt · Niederdorfelden, DE
• Jens Schrader · Baden-Baden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 26, 2011
• Grant date: Jul 10, 2018
• Expiry date: Jun 8, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N9/0071
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to the area of producing aliphatic aldehydes with 5 to 31 carbon atoms, in particular by microbial conversion of corresponding aliphatic fatty acids with 6 to 32 carbon atoms. The invention also relates to enzymes for catalyzing a conversion reaction of this type and nucleic acids coding for this.