Nucleotide sequences which code for the rpoB gene

US6783967B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Degussa AG · DE

Inventors

• Bettina Moeckel · Goldkronach, DE
• Brigitte Bathe · Salzkotten, DE
• Thomas Hermann · Bielefeld, DE
• Walter Pfefferle · Bodenwerder, DE
• Michael Binder · Steinhagen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 25, 2001
• Grant date: Aug 31, 2004
• Expiry date: Jun 25, 2021

Classification

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

Abstract

The present invention relates to polynucleotides corresponding to the rpoB gene and which encode the &bgr;-subunit of RNA polymerase B, methods of producing L-amino acids, and methods of screening for polynucleotides which encode proteins having activity of the &bgr;-subunit of RNA polymerase B.