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Highly productive isopropyl alcohol-producing bacterium

US8932845B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC. · JP

Inventors

Yoshiko Matsumoto · Mobara, JP
Junichiro Hirano · Tokyo, JP
Takashi Morishige · Chiba, JP
Tomokazu Shirai · Yokohama, JP
Hitoshi Takahashi · Tokyo, JP
Koh AMANO · Mobara, JP
Nozomi Takebayashi · Mobara, JP
Mitsufumi Wada · Chiba, JP
Hiroshi Shimizu · Ibaraki, JP
Chikara Furusawa · Ibaraki, JP
Takashi Hirasawa · Mino, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 4, 2011
Grant date	Jan 13, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 4, 2031

Classification

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

Abstract

An isopropyl alcohol-producing Escherichia coli equipped with an isopropyl alcohol production system, having at least one enhanced enzyme activity selected from the group consisting of an enhanced malate dehydrogenase activity, an enhanced NAD(P)+ transhydrogenase (AB-specific) activity, and an enhanced thiolase activity, and an isopropyl alcohol producing method including producing isopropyl alcohol from a plant-derived raw material using the isopropyl alcohol-producing Escherichia coli.

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