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Isoprene production using the DXP and MVA pathway

US8507235B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignees

Danisco US Inc. · US
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company · US

Inventors

Gopal K. Chotani · Cupertino, US
Joseph C. McAuliffe · Sunnyvale, US
Michael C. Miller · San Francisco, US
Rachel E. Muir · Redwood City, US
Dmitrii V. Vaviline · Palo Alto, US
Walter Weyler · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 16, 2010
Grant date	Aug 13, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 30, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12N15/70
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention provides for methods for producing isoprene from cultured cells using various components of the DXP pathway and MVA pathway, or components associated with the DXP pathway and MVA pathway, iron-sulfur cluster-interacting redox polypeptides, and isoprene synthase. The invention also provides compositions that include these cultured cells.

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