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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2005
Applicants:
Renyuan Bai, Baltimore, MD (US);
Markus Wyss, Liestal, CH;
Inventors:
Renyuan Bai, Baltimore, MD (US);
Markus Wyss, Liestal, CH;
Assignee:
DSM IP Assets B.V., Heerlen, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to modified mevalonate kinases that are less sensitive to feedback inhibition, and to polynucleotides encoding them. The invention further pertains to vectors comprising these polynucleotides and host cells containing such vectors. The invention provides a process for producing the modified enzyme and for producing isoprenoid compounds using the modified enzymes.