Engineering microorganisms to increase ethanol production by metabolic redirection
US9803221B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 28, 2012 |
| Grant date | Oct 31, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 5, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E50/10
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention provides for the manipulation of carbon flux in a recombinant host cell to increase the formation of desirable products. The invention relates to cellulose-digesting organisms that have been genetically modified to allow the production of ethanol at a high yield by redirecting carbon flux at key steps of central metabolism.
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