Production of fatty acids and fatty acid derivatives by recombinant microorganisms expressing polypeptides having lipolytic activity

US9175256B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY · US

Inventors

• You Chen · San Diego, US
• Thomas E. Wall · Austin, US
• Stanley Bower · Arlington, US
• Robert C. Brown · San Diego, US
• Jennifer Coppersmith · San Diego, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 13, 2011
• Grant date: Nov 3, 2015
• Expiry date: Dec 20, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12P7/6409
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention provides transgenic photosynthetic microorganisms that include non-native genes encoding polypeptides having lipolytic activity for production of free fatty acids and fatty acid derivatives, and methods of producing free fatty acids and fatty acid derivatives using the transgenic microorganisms disclosed herein. The invention also provides transgenic microorganisms that include non-native genes encoding polypeptides having lipolytic activity, and novel genes encoding polypeptides demonstrating lipolytic activity.