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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
David H. Sherman, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Hung-Wen Liu, Roseville, MN (US);
Yongquan Xue, St. Paul, MN (US);
Lishan Zhao, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/20 ; C07H 2/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/20 ; C07H 2/104 ;
Abstract
A novel pathway for the synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates is provided. A method of synthesizing a recombinant polyhydroxyalkanoate monomer synthase is also provided. These recombinant polyhydroxyalkanoate synthases are derived from multifunctional fatty acid synthases or polyketide synthases and generate hydroxyacyl acids capable of polymerization by a polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase. Also provided is a biosynthetic gene cluster for methymycin and pikomycin as well as a biosynthetic gene cluster for desosamine.