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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2007
Brian J. Brazeau, Oskaloosa, IA (US);
Mervyn L. DE Souza, Plymouth, MN (US);
Steven J. Gort, Brooklyn Center, MN (US);
Paula M. Hicks, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Sherry R. Kollmann, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Jose M. Laplaza, Plymouth, MN (US);
Sara C. Mcfarlan, St. Paul, MN (US);
Fernando A. Sanchez-riera, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Christopher Solheid, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Brian J. Brazeau, Oskaloosa, IA (US);
Mervyn L. De Souza, Plymouth, MN (US);
Steven J. Gort, Brooklyn Center, MN (US);
Paula M. Hicks, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Sherry R. Kollmann, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Jose M. Laplaza, Plymouth, MN (US);
Sara C. McFarlan, St. Paul, MN (US);
Fernando A. Sanchez-Riera, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Christopher Solheid, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Cargill, Incorporated, Wayzata, MN (US);
Abstract
Monatin and certain stereoisomers of monatin, such as R,R monatin and S,R monatin, as well as salts thereof, are produced using polypeptides and biosynthetic pathways. These polypeptides and biosynthetic pathways are also useful in the production of R-2-hydroxy-2-(indoly-3-ylmethyl)-4-keto glutaric acid, an intermediate that is formed in certain monatin synthesis pathways, including some biosynthetic pathways.