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Microbial engineering for the production of chemical and pharmaceutical products from the isoprenoid pathway

US9359624B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE · SG

Inventors

Parayil K. Ajikumar · Cambridge, US
Gregory Stephanopoulos · Pasadena, US
Heng Phon Too · Singapore, SG

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 17, 2013
Grant date	Jun 7, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 25, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12P17/02
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to recombinant expression of a taxadiene synthase enzyme and a geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase (GGPPS) enzyme in cells and the production of terpenoids.

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