Nucleotide sequences encoding the dapC gene and process for the production of L-lysine

US6740742B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Degussa AG · DE

Inventors

• Bettina Mockel · Bielefeld, DE
• Anke Weissenborn · Tübingen, DE
• Walter Pfefferle · Bodenwerder, DE
• Michael Hartmann · Pettenbach, AT
• Jorn Kalinowski · Bielefeld, DE
• Alfred Puhler · Bielefeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 22, 2001
• Grant date: May 25, 2004
• Expiry date: Dec 3, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N9/1096
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to an isolated polynucleotide from coryneform bacteria wherein the polynucleotide encodes a protein having n-succinylaminokeptopimelate transaminase activity.