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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yvonne Tilg, Mettmann, DE;
Bernd Eikmanns, Ulm, DE;
Lothar Eggeling, Julich, DE;
Hermann Sahm, Julich, DE;
Bettina Mockel, Bielefeld, DE;
Walter Pfefferle, Halle, DE;
Assignee:
Degussa AG, Dusseldorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 1/304 ; C12P 1/320 ; C12P 1/312 ; C12P 1/308 ; C12P 1/306 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 1/304 ; C12P 1/320 ; C12P 1/312 ; C12P 1/308 ; C12P 1/306 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a process for the fermentative preparation of L-amino acids using coryneform bacteria, in which the subunit carrying the biotin-carboxyl carrier protein domain and the biotin-carboxylase domain of the nucleotide sequence encoding the enzyme acetyl-CoA carboxylase (accBC gene) is amplified, in particular is overexpressed.