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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
May. 23, 2018
Applicant:
Kaneka Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Rina Aoki, Takasago, JP;
Shunsuke Sato, Takasago, JP;
Assignee:
KANEKA CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12P 7/62 (2006.01); C12N 9/10 (2006.01); C12N 15/74 (2006.01); C12P 7/625 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/62 (2013.01); C12N 1/20 (2013.01); C12N 9/1029 (2013.01); C12N 15/74 (2013.01); C12P 7/625 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are a PHA-producing microorganism producing a higher molecular weight PHA and a PHA production method using the PHA-producing microorganism. A PHA-producing microorganism including a gene encoding a PHA synthase derived from genus, in which at least a portion of a PHA degrading enzyme gene is altered by substitution, deletion, insertion, and/or addition to reduce or eliminate activity of a PHA degrading enzyme encoded by the gene, and further a glycerol kinase activity is enhanced.