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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009

Filed:

Jun. 12, 2007
Applicants:

Vitaliy Arkadyevich Livshits, Moscow, RU;

Maria Viacheslavovna Vitushkina, Moscow, RU;

Mikhail Markovich Gusyatiner, Moscow, RU;

Mikhail Kharisovich Ziyatdinov, Moscow, RU;

Valery Zavenovich Akhverdian, Moscow, RU;

Ekaterina Alekseevna Savrasova, Moscow, RU;

Vera Georgievna Doroshenko, Moscow, RU;

Sergey Vladimirovich Mashko, Moscow, RU;

Assignee:

Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/62 (2006.01); C07K 14/00 (2006.01); C07H 21/00 (2006.01); C12P 13/04 (2006.01); C12P 21/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 1/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for producing an L-amino acid, such as L-phenylalanine and L-threonine, is provided using anbacterium, wherein the L-amino acid productivity of said bacterium is enhanced by enhancing the activity of the protein encoded by the yedA gene. A further method is provided for producing a lower alkyl ester of α-L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine by producing L-phenylalanine by cultivating anbacterium in a medium, wherein said bacterium has the ability to produce L-phenylalanine, and synthesizing the lower alkyl ester of α-L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine from aspartic acid, or a derivative thereof, and the produced L-phenylalanine.


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