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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
May. 18, 2016
Applicant:
Lucite International Uk Limited, Billingham, GB;
Inventors:
Graham Ronald Eastham, Redcar, GB;
Gill Stephens, Nottingham, GB;
Andrew Yiakoumetti, Nottingham, GB;
Assignee:
LUCITE INTERNATIONAL UK LIMITED, Billingham, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/40 (2006.01); C12N 9/00 (2006.01); C12N 9/16 (2006.01); C12P 7/62 (2006.01); C12P 5/02 (2006.01); C07C 67/00 (2006.01); C08F 120/06 (2006.01); C08F 120/14 (2006.01); C12N 9/10 (2006.01); C12N 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/40 (2013.01); C07C 67/00 (2013.01); C08F 120/06 (2013.01); C08F 120/14 (2013.01); C12N 9/001 (2013.01); C12N 9/1029 (2013.01); C12N 9/16 (2013.01); C12P 5/026 (2013.01); C12P 7/62 (2013.01); C12Y 103/03006 (2013.01); C12Y 203/01084 (2013.01); C12Y 301/02023 (2013.01); Y02E 50/343 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process of producing methacrylic acid and/or derivatives thereof including the following steps: (a) biologically converting isobutyryl-CoA into methacrylyl-CoA by the action of an oxidase; and (b) converting methacrylyl-CoA into methacrylic acid and/or derivatives thereof. The invention also extends to microorganisms adapted to conduct the steps of the process.