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Ketol-acid reductoisomerase enzymes and methods of use

US9169467B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC · US

Inventors

Sridhar Govindarajan · Redwood City, US
Yougen Li · Pennington, US
Der-Ing Liao · Wilmington, US
Daniel P. O'Keefe · Swarthmore, US
Jeremy Minshull · Los Altos, US
Steven Cary Rothman · Princeton, US
Alexander Vincent Tobias · Hockessin, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 10, 2013
Grant date	Oct 27, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 10, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P20/52
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Provided herein are polypeptides having ketol-aid reductoisomerase activity as well as microbial host cells comprising such polypeptides. Polypeptides provided herein may be used in biosynthetic pathways, including, but not limited to, isobutanol biosynthetic pathways.

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