Genomatica, Inc.

E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company

Verenium Corporation

Chirotech Technology Limited

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Diversa Corporation

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Basf Enzymes LLC

Toray Industries, Inc.

Dsm IP Assets B.v.

Snap Bio, Inc.

Mark Joseph Burk

Anthony P Burgard

Robin E Osterhout

Priti Pharkya

Jun Sun

John D Trawick

Stephen J Van Dien

Jay Milton Short

Grace DeSantis

Wei Niu

Christophe H Schilling

David Paul Weiner

Michael Japs

Kelvin Wong

Robert Haselbeck

Aileen Milan

Dan Eric Robertson

Warren Clark

Jennifer Ann Chaplin

Ellen Chi

Toby Howard Richardson

Brian Steer

William H Greenberg

Mark Madden

Nelson Robert Barton

David E Lam

Antonio Zanotti-Gerosa

Lishan Zhao

Takayuki Suzuki

Norikazu Konishi

Shinichiro Matsuzono

Brian R Morgan

Eric J Mathur

Cara Ann Tracewell

Katsushige Yamada

Kelly Chatman

Robert Farwell

Michael Patrick Kuchinskas

Catherine J Pujol-Baxley

Harry Yim

Masaru Utsunomiya

Yusuke Izawa

Darcy Madden, Legal Representative

Tim S Hitchman

Robert Christopher Brown

Xuqiu Tan

Geoff Hazlewood

Giselle G Janssen

Joel Kreps

Zuolin Zhu

Alexander Varvak

Svetlana Gramatikova

Amit Vasavada

Kota Tanaka

Lauri H Suominen

Blake G Sturgis

Jincai Li

Roderick James Fielding

Adrian Badillo

Wilhelmus P Van Hoek

Charles Isaac

Bin Han

Arne Gerlach

Frank Bienewald

Connor J Galleher

Bob Farwell

Grace Desantis

Mark (deceased) Madden

Masateru Ito

Michael D Levin

Kenji Kawamura

David M Weiner

Stefan Andrae

Satoshi Sakami

Sarah R Hanson

Martin Edward Fox

Izumi Morita

Jingyi Li

William Patrick Hems

Amit Shah

Ulrich Berens

Stephanie J Culler

Timothy Hitchman

Christophe Guillaume Malan

Shinichirou Matsuzono

Giselle Janssen

Karen Kustedjo

Marcy Madden, Legal Representative

Shawn Bachan

Patti Kretz

Zoulin Zhu

Zilin Huang

Catherine Pujol

Benjamin Adelstein

Masataka Makino

Brandon Chen

Joel A Kreps

Robert C Brown

The invention provides non-naturally occurring microbial organisms having a 4-hydroxybutyrate, gamma-butyrolactone, 1,4-butanediol, 4-hydroxybutanal, 4-hydroxybutyryl-CoA and/or putrescine pathway and being capable of producing 4-hydroxybutyrate, wherein the microbial organism comprises one or more genetic modifications. The invention additionally provides methods of producing 4-hydroxybutyrate, gamma-butyrolactone, 1,4-butanediol, 4-hydroxybutanal, 4-hydroxybutyryl-CoA and/or putrescine or related products using the microbial organisms.

Microorganisms and methods for production of 4-hydroxybutyrate, 1,4-butanediol and related compounds

The invention provides non-naturally occurring microbial organisms containing an alkene pathway having at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding an alkene pathway enzyme expressed in a sufficient amount to convert an alcohol to an alkene. The invention additionally provides methods of using such microbial organisms to produce an alkene, by culturing a non-naturally occurring microbial organism containing an alkene pathway as described herein under conditions and for a sufficient period of time to produce an alkene.

Microorganisms and methods for producing alkenes

The invention provides non-naturally occurring microbial organisms having a 4-hydroxybutyrate, 1,4-butanediol, or other product pathway and being capable of producing 4-hydroxybutyrate, 1,4-butanediol, or other product, wherein the microbial organism comprises one or more genetic modifications. The invention additionally provides methods of producing 4-hydroxybutyrate, 1,4-butanediol, or other product or related products using the microbial organisms.

The invention provides a non-naturally occurring microbial organism having a 6-aminocaproic acid, caprolactam, hexametheylenediamine or levulinic acid pathway. The microbial organism contains at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding an enzyme in the respective 6-aminocaproic acid, caprolactam, hexametheylenediamine or levulinic acid pathway. The invention additionally provides a method for producing 6-aminocaproic acid, caprolactam, hexametheylenediamine or levulinic acid. The method can include culturing a 6-aminocaproic acid, caprolactam or hexametheylenediamine producing microbial organism, where the microbial organism expresses at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding a 6-aminocaproic acid, caprolactam, hexametheylenediamine or levulinic acid pathway enzyme in a sufficient amount to produce the respective product, under conditions and for a sufficient period of time to produce 6-aminocaproic acid, caprolactam, hexametheylenediamine or levulinic acid.

Microorganisms and methods for the biosynthesis of adipate, hexamethylenediamine and 6-aminocaproic acid

Provided herein are non-naturally occurring microbial organisms having a pathway for production of (3R)-hydroxybutyl (3R)-hydroxybutyrate, wherein the organism can further include a (R)-1,3-butanediol pathway, a (3R)-hydroxybutyrate pathway, a (3R)-hydroxybutyryl-CoA pathway, an acetoacetate pathway, an acetoacetyl-CoA pathway, a (3R)-hydroxybutyl-ACP pathway, or an acetoacetyl-ACP pathway. Additionally provided are methods and processes for producing and isolating (3R)-hydroxybutyl (3R)-hydroxybutyrate using the microbial organisms, and various compositions having the (3R)-hydroxybutyl (3R)-hydroxybutyrate. Still further provided are methods of treating or preventing a disease, disorder or condition using the (3R)-hydroxybutyl (3R)-hydroxybutyrate produced by the microbial organisms of the invention.

Microorganisms and methods for producing (3R)-hydroxybutyl (3R)-hydroxybutyrate

The invention provides non-naturally occurring microbial organisms containing caprolactone pathways having at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding a butadiene pathway enzyme expressed in a sufficient amount to produce caprolactone. The invention additionally provides methods of using such microbial organisms to produce caprolactone by culturing a non-naturally occurring microbial organism containing caprolactone pathways as described herein under conditions and for a sufficient period of time to produce caprolactone.

Microorganisms and methods for the production of caprolactone

Provided herein is a non-naturally occurring microbial organism having a 1,3-butanediol (1,3-BDO) pathway and comprising at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding a 1,3-BDO pathway enzyme expressed in a sufficient amount to produce 1,3-BDO. In some embodiments, the pathway includes reducing equivalents from CO or hydrogen. In certain embodiments, a 1,3-BDO pathway proceeds by way of central metabolites pyruvate, succinate or alpha-ketoglutarate. Also provided herein is a method for producing 1,3-BDO, includes culturing such microbial organisms under conditions and for a sufficient period of time to produce 1,3-BDO.

Microorganisms for producing 1,3-butanediol and methods related thereto

Provided is a method of producing and isolating a diamine produced by microbial fermentation that minimizes undesirable salt formation to provide a lower cost process.

Method of producing and processing diamines to a diamine free base using a carbonate intermediate and an engineered microorganism

A non-naturally occurring eukaryotic or prokaryotic organism includes one or more gene disruptions occurring in genes encoding enzymes imparting increased fumarate, malate or acrylate production in the organism when the gene disruption reduces an activity of the enzyme. The one or more gene disruptions confers increased production of acrylate onto the organism. Organisms that produce acrylate have an acrylate pathway that at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding an acrylate pathway enzyme expressed in a sufficient amount to produce acrylate, the acrylate pathway comprising a decarboxylase. Methods of producing fumarate, malate or acrylate include culturing these organisms.

Microorganisms and methods for the biosynthesis of fumarate, malate, and acrylate

The invention provides non-naturally occurring microbial organisms comprising a 1,4-butanediol (BDO) pathway comprising at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding a BDO pathway enzyme expressed in a sufficient amount to produce BDO and further optimized for expression of BDO. The invention additionally provides methods of using such microbial organisms to produce BDO.

Microorganisms for the production of 1,4- butanediol and related methods

The invention provides a non-naturally occurring microbial biocatalyst including a microbial organism having a 4-hydroxybutanoic acid (4-HB) biosynthetic pathway having at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding 4-hydroxybutanoate dehydrogenase, succinyl-CoA synthetase, CoA-dependent succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase, or &#x3b1;-ketoglutarate decarboxylase, wherein the exogenous nucleic acid is expressed in sufficient amounts to produce monomeric 4-hydroxybutanoic acid (4-HB). Also provided is a non-naturally occurring microbial biocatalyst including a microbial organism having 4-hydroxybutanoic acid (4-HB) and 1,4-butanediol (BDO) biosynthetic pathways, the pathways include at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding 4-hydroxybutanoate dehydrogenase, succinyl-CoA synthetase, CoA-dependent succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase, 4-hydroxybutyrate:CoA transferase, 4-butyrate kinase, phosphotransbutyrylase, &#x3b1;-ketoglutarate decarboxylase, aldehyde dehydrogenase, alcohol dehydrogenase or an aldehyde/alcohol dehydrogenase, wherein the exogenous nucleic acid is expressed in sufficient amounts to produce 1,4-butanediol (BDO). Additionally provided are methods for the production of 4-HB and BDO.

Compositions and methods for the biosynthesis of 1,4-butanediol and its precursors

The invention provides non-naturally occurring microbial organisms containing butadiene or 2,4-pentadienoate pathways comprising at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding a butadiene or 2,4-pentadienoate pathway enzyme expressed in a sufficient amount to produce butadiene or 2,4-pentadienoate. The organism can further contain a hydrogen synthesis pathway. The invention additionally provides methods of using such microbial organisms to produce butadiene or 2,4-pentadienoate by culturing a non-naturally occurring microbial organism containing butadiene or 2,4-pentadienoate pathways as described herein under conditions and for a sufficient period of time to produce butadiene or 2,4-pentadienoate. Hydrogen can be produced together with the production of butadiene or 2,4-pentadienoate.

Microorganisms and methods for the production of butadiene using acetyl-coA

This application relates to compounds of formulae (I) and (II) and compositions thereof useful as inhibitors of PIM kinases. Also provided are methods of synthesis and methods of use of PIM inhibitors in treating individuals suffering from cancerous malignancies.

PIM kinase inhibitor compositions, methods, and uses thereof

A non-naturally occurring microbial organism includes a microbial organism having a 1,3-butanediol (1,3-BDO) pathway having at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding a 1,3-BDO pathway enzyme expressed in a sufficient amount to produce 1,3-BDO. The pathway includes an enzyme selected from a 2-amino-4-ketopentanoate (AKP) thiolase, an AKP dehydrogenase, a 2-amino-4-hydroxypentanoate aminotransferase, a 2-amino-4-hydroxypentanoate oxidoreductase (deaminating), a 2-oxo-4-hydroxypentanoate decarboxylase, a 3-hydroxybutyraldehyde reductase, an AKP aminotransferase, an AKP oxidoreductase (deaminating), a 2,4-dioxopentanoate decarboxylase, a 3-oxobutyraldehyde reductase (ketone reducing), a 3-oxobutyraldehyde reductase (aldehyde reducing), a 4-hydroxy-2-butanone reductase, an AKP decarboxylase, a 4-aminobutan-2-one aminotransferase, a 4-aminobutan-2-one oxidoreductase (deaminating), a 4-aminobutan-2-one ammonia-lyase, a butenone hydratase, an AKP ammonia-lyase, an acetylacrylate decarboxylase, an acetoacetyl-CoA reductase (CoA-dependent, aldehyde forming), an acetoacetyl-CoA reductase (CoA-dependent, alcohol forming), an acetoacetyl-CoA reductase (ketone reducing), a 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA reductase (aldehyde forming), a 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA reductase (alcohol forming), a 4-hydroxybutyryl-CoA dehydratase, and a crotonase. A method for producing 1,3-BDO, includes culturing such microbial organisms under conditions and for a sufficient period of time to produce 1,3-BDO.

Organisms for the production of 1,3-butanediol

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