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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ravi R. Gokarn, Plymouth, MN (US);
Mark A. Eiteman, Athens, GA (US);
Elliot Altman, Athens, GA (US);
Assignee:
The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., Athens, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/104 ; C12P 1/00 ; C12P 7/46 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/104 ; C12P 1/00 ; C12P 7/46 ;
Abstract
Metabolic engineering is used to increase the carbon flow toward oxaloacetate to enhance production of bulk biochemicals, such as lysine and succinate, in bacterial fermentations. Carbon flow is redirected by genetically engineering the cells to overexpress the enzyme pyruvate carboxylase.