L-cysteine-producing bacterium and a method for producing L-cysteine
US8278075B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 18, 2010 |
| Grant date | Oct 2, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 18, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12P13/12
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
L-Cysteine, L-cystine, a derivative or precursor thereof, or a mixture thereof is produced by culturing a bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae, which has L-cysteine-producing ability and has been modified so that the activity of a protein encoded by a tolC gene, for example, a protein defined in the following (a) or (b), is increased in a medium, and by collecting L-cysteine, L-cystine, a derivative or precursor thereof, or a mixture thereof from the medium:
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