Increased lysine production by gene amplification using coryneform bacteria

Abstract

The invention provides methods to increase the production of an amino acid from Corynebacterium species by way of the amplification of amino acid biosynthetic pathway genes in a host cell chromosome. In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides methods to increase the production of L-lysine inby way of the amplification of L-lysine biosynthetic pathway genes in a host cell chromosome. The invention also provides novel processes for the production of an amino acid by way of the amplification of amino acid biosynthetic pathway genes in a host cell chromosome and/or by increasing promoter strength. In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides processes to increase the production of L-lysine inby way of the amplification of L-lysine biosynthetic pathway genes in a host cell chromosome. The invention also provides novel isolated nucleic acid molecules for L-lysine biosynthetic pathway genes ofsuch as a naturally occurring, feedback-sensitive form of aspartokinase (ask) resulting from a threonine to isoleucine mutation at amino acid residuein the ask gene of ATCC 21529, aspartate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase (asd), dihydrodipicolinate synthase (dapA), dihydrodipicolinate reductase (dapB), diaminopimelate dehydrogenase (ddh), and diaminopimelate decarboxylase (lysA).