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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2020
Applicants:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, JP;
Toyobo Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Tomotake Morita, Tsukuba, JP;
Azusa Saika, Tsukuba, JP;
Hideaki Koike, Tsukuba, JP;
Tokuma Fukuoka, Tsukuba, JP;
Dai Kitamoto, Tsukuba, JP;
Tomohiro Sugahara, Tsuruga, JP;
Shuhei Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Atsushi Sogabe, Osaka, JP;
Assignees:
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Tokyo, JP;
TOYOBO CO., LTD., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 19/44 (2006.01); C12N 9/20 (2006.01); C12N 15/52 (2006.01); C12N 15/81 (2006.01); C40B 40/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 19/44 (2013.01); C12N 9/20 (2013.01); C12N 15/52 (2013.01); C12N 15/815 (2013.01); C12Y 301/01003 (2013.01); C40B 40/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a means for increasing mannosylerythritol lipid (MEL) production efficiency. The present invention is a mannosylerythritol-lipid-producing microorganism transformed with an expression vector having a gene that encodes a lipase under the control of E5Pgap promoter or E5Ptef promoter.