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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2019
Genomatica, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Stephen Thomas Payne, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Scott Allen Frykman, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Bernardo Moura Torres Da Costa, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Isolde Callihan, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Sankaranarayanan Venkiteswaran, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Leland Ken Wong, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Genomatica, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to mutant gene(s) that confer upon microorganisms that express them an improved capacity to utilize xylose and improved capacity to co-utilize glucose and xylose thereby resulting in improved growth of the microorganism. Further encompassed are methods of producing fatty acids and fatty acid derivatives from cellulosic biomass, xylose, and/or a glucose/xylose mix by employing the host cells expressing the engineered XylR variants and compositions of biologically produced fatty acids and fatty acid derivatives.