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Host cells and methods for production of isobutanol

US9422581B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC · US

Inventors

Larry Cameron Anthony · Chester, US
Hongxian He · Wilmington, US
Lixuan Lisa Huang · Hockessin, US
Daniel P. Okeefe · Swarthmore, US
Arthur Leo Kruckeberg · Amsterdam, NL
Yougen Li · Pennington, US
Lori Ann Maggio-Hall · Wilmington, US
Jessica McElvain · Wilmington, US
Mark J. Nelson · Newark, US
Ranjan Patnaik · South San Francisco, US
Steven Cary Rothman · Princeton, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 15, 2013
Grant date	Aug 23, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 15, 2033

Classification

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

Abstract

Provided herein are recombinant yeast host cells and methods for their use for production of isobutanol. Yeast host cells provided comprise an isobutanol biosynthetic pathway and at least one of reduced or eliminated aldehyde dehydrogenase activity, reduced or eliminated acetolactate reductase activity; or a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having ketol-acid reductoisomerase activity.

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