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Production of branched chain fatty acids and derivatives thereof in recombinant microbial cells

US8530221B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

LS9, Inc. · US

Inventors

Zhihao Hu · Stanford, US
Grace J. Lee · State College, US
Andreas W. Schirmer · San Diego, US
Kseniya Zakharyevich · San Francisco, US
Derek L. Greenfield · Kensington, US
Tarah S. Baron · South San Francisco, US
Kevin Holden · South San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 10, 2011
Grant date	Sep 10, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 18, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12P7/6409
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Recombinant microbial cells are provided which have been engineered to produce branched chain products such as branched fatty acid derivatives by the fatty acid biosynthetic pathway, and methods of making branched fatty acid derivatives using the recombinant microbial cells.

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