Microorganisms with a reactivation system for cob(I)alamin-dependent methionine synthase

US8163532B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Oskar Zelder · Speyer, DE
• Hartwig Schröder · Nümbrecht, DE
• Corinna Klopprogge · Mannheim, DE
• Andrea Herold · Weinheim, DE
• Stefan Haefner · Speyer, DE
• R. Rogers Yocum · Lexington, US
• Thomas A. Patterson · Attleboro, US
• Mark Williams · Revere, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 27, 2009
• Grant date: Apr 24, 2012
• Expiry date: May 27, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N9/1007
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to microorganisms and methods for producing methionine by reactivation of the MetH enzyme.