Nucleotide sequences which code for the oxyR gene

US6916636B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Degussa AG · DE

Inventors

• Achim Marx · Bielefeld, DE
• Mike Farwick · Essen, DE
• Thomas Hermann · Bielefeld, DE
• Natalie Schischka · Bielefeld, DE
• Brigitte Bathe · Salzkotten, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 27, 2001
• Grant date: Jul 12, 2005
• Expiry date: Jun 20, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07K14/34
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to polynucleotides corresponding to the oxyR gene from Corynebacterium glutamicum and which encode a OxyR transcriptional regulator, methods of producing L-amino acids, and methods of screening for polynucleotides which encode proteins having OxyR transcriptional regulator activity.