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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
May. 17, 2007
Douglas J. Pitera, Oakland, CA (US);
Jack D. Newman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeffrey Lance Kizer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jay D. Keasling, Berkeley, CA (US);
Brian F. Pfleger, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Douglas J. Pitera, Oakland, CA (US);
Jack D. Newman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeffrey Lance Kizer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jay D. Keasling, Berkeley, CA (US);
Brian F. Pfleger, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides methods of increasing production of an isoprenoid or an isoprenoid precursor in a host cell, the methods generally involving modulating the level of activity of a fatty acid biosynthetic pathway enzyme in the host cell and/or culturing the host cell in a culture medium comprising a fatty acid or a compound that can be metabolized in a cell or broken down in the medium to yield a fatty acid and/or culturing the host cell in a culture medium having increased osmolarity.