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Method for the production of glycerol by recombinant organisms

US7402415B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY · US
GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL, INC. · US

Inventors

Ramesh Nair · Ankeny, US
Mark S. Payne · Wilmington, US
Donald E. Trimbur · Palo Alto, US
Fernando Valle · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 18, 2005
Grant date	Jul 22, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 24, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12P7/18
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Recombinant organisms are provided comprising genes encoding a glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and/or a glycerol-3-phosphatase activity useful for the production of glycerol from a variety of carbon substrates. The organisms further contain disruptions in the endogenous genes encoding proteins having glycerol kinase and glycerol dehydrogenase activities.

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