Changing the fine chemical content in organisms by genetically modifying the shikimate pathway

US7332649B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaA · DE

Inventors

• Ralf Badur · Schifferstadt, DE
• Michael Geiger · Starnberg, DE
• Irene Kunze · Quedlinburg, DE
• Susanne Sommer · Hofheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 2001
• Grant date: Feb 19, 2008
• Expiry date: Jun 8, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07K2319/00
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for the production of fine chemicals, in particular vitamin E, vitamin K and/or ubiquinone by culturing organisms, in particular plants, whose shikimate pathway is genetically modified over that of the wild type, and to the transgenic organisms themselves.