Nucleotide sequences which code for the CcpA2 gene

US6689586B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Degussa AG · DE

Inventors

• Bettina Moeckel · Goldkronach, DE
• Caroline Kreutzer · Melle, DE
• Thomas Hermann · Bielefeld, DE
• Mike Garwick · Bielefeld, DE
• Achim Marx · Bielefeld, DE
• Walter Pfefferle · Bodenwerder, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 27, 2001
• Grant date: Feb 10, 2004
• Expiry date: Mar 18, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12P13/08
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to polynucleotides corresponding to the ccpA2 gene and which encode a CcpA2 catabolite control protein, methods of producing L-amino acids, and methods of screening for polynucleotides which encode proteins having CcpA2 catabolite control activity.