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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Metabolic Explorer, Saint Beauzire, FR;
Inventors:
Laetitia Faure, Les Martres de Veyre, FR;
Gwenaëlle Corre, Saint Beauzire, FR;
Céline Raynaud, Saint Beauzire, FR;
Laurence Dumon-Seignovert, Pont du Chateau, FR;
Assignee:
METABOLIC EXPLORER, Saint Beauzire, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/70 (2006.01); C12P 7/18 (2006.01); C12N 9/04 (2006.01); C12N 9/02 (2006.01); C12N 9/88 (2006.01); C12P 7/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/18 (2013.01); C12N 9/0006 (2013.01); C12N 9/0008 (2013.01); C12N 9/0036 (2013.01); C12N 9/88 (2013.01); C12P 7/28 (2013.01); C12Y 101/01072 (2013.01); C12Y 101/01283 (2013.01); C12Y 102/01013 (2013.01); C12Y 402/01136 (2015.07); C12Y 402/03003 (2013.01); C12Y 404/01005 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to new methylglyoxal reductase (MGR) enzymes which are useful for efficiently converting methylglyoxal into hydroxyacetone. The invention more particularly relates to a method for efficiently converting methylglyoxal into hydroxyacetone using said enzymes, to a method for producing 1,2-propanediol using a microorganism overexpressing said enzymes, and to said microorganism.