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Method for producing L-threonine by fermentation

US4347318A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 2, 1980
Grant dateAug 31, 1982
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Expiry dateApr 2, 2000

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S435/849
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

L-threonine is produced by incorporating into a recipient microorganism of the genus Escherichia which does not require L-threonine for growth, a plasmid, in which a deoxyribonucleic acid fragment which possesses genetic information relating to L-threonine synthesis obtained from a mutant resistant to .alpha.-amino-.beta.-hydroxy valeric acid of the genus Escherichia, has been inserted.

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