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Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 25, 2017
Applicants:

Alliance for Sustainable Energy, Llc, Golden, CO (US);

University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., Athens, GA (US);

Inventors:

Ellen Lee Neidle, Dacula, GA (US);

Christopher W. Johnson, Denver, CO (US);

Gregg Tyler Beckham, Golden, CO (US);

Jeffrey G. Linger, Denver, CO (US);

Mark Andrew Eiteman, Athens, GA (US);

Melissa Tumen-Velasquez, Athens, GA (US);

Alaa Ashraf Mahmoud Ahmed, Athens, GA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/02 (2006.01); C12P 7/44 (2006.01); C12P 7/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/0069 (2013.01); C12N 9/0071 (2013.01); C12P 7/22 (2013.01); C12P 7/44 (2013.01); C12Y 113/11001 (2013.01); C12Y 114/14001 (2013.01); C07K 2319/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are enzymes useful for the dealkylation of aromatic substrates, including the conversion of guaiacol or guaethol to catechol. Methods of converting aromatic substrates found in lignin-based feedstocks such as pyrolysis oil into products such as catechol are also disclosed. Also presented herein are methods for rapidly evolving and optimizing genetic regions.


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