Method of controlling ethanol production and mass production of lactic acid and transformant therefor
US8039238B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 11, 2003 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 23, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12Y101/01027
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention provides a transformant into which has been incorporated DNA for coding a foreign protein having lactate dehydrogenase activity and provided with pyruvic acid substrate affinity that equals or exceeds the pyruvic acid substrate affinity of the pyruvate decarboxylase inherent in the host organism. Said transformant can stably mass-produce lactic acid inside a host organism having the pyruvate decarboxylase gene.
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