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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2003
Applicants:
Yoshiya Gunji, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisashi Yasueda, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshiya Gunji, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisashi Yasueda, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention describes a method for producing an L-amino acid comprising culturing a microorganism having an ability to produce an L-amino acid in a medium, whereby the L-amino acid accumulates in the medium, and collecting the L-amino acid from the medium, whereby said microorganism comprises a methanol-utilizing bacterium having the Entner-Doudoroff pathway in which 6-phosphogluconate dehydratase activity and/or 2-keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate aldolase activity is enhanced.