Process for the production of fine chemicals

US8008545B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF Plant Science Company GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Gunnar Plesch · Potsdam, DE
• Piotr Puzio · Berlin, DE
• Astrid Blau · Stahnsdorf, DE
• Ralf Looser · Berlin, DE
• Birgit Wendel · Berlin, DE
• Beate Kamlage · Berlin, DE
• Agnes Chardonnens · Enkhuizen, NL
• Amber Shirley · Wake Forest, US
• Xi-Qing Wang · Beijing, CN
• Rodrigo Sarria-Millan · Morrisville, US
• Bryan McKersie · Raleigh, US
• Ruoying Chen · Duluth, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 21, 2004
• Grant date: Aug 30, 2011
• Expiry date: Oct 24, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12P13/04
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for the production of fine chemicals in a microorganism, a plant cell, a plant, a plant tissue or parts thereof by increasing or generating the biological activity of a ras-Like GTPase or the homologues thereof and growing the organism under conditions which permit the production of the fine chemicals in the organism. Preferred fine chemicals produced by the present invention include amino acids, carbohydrates, vitamins, fatty acids, and carotenoids.