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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2009
Applicants:
Peter Jan Punt, Houten, NL;
Maria Johanna Van Der Werf, Wageningen, NL;
Inventors:
Peter Jan Punt, Houten, NL;
Maria Johanna Van Der Werf, Wageningen, NL;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/44 (2006.01); C12P 7/46 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C07K 14/00 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a nucleic acid sequence encoding anmitochondrial tricarboxylic acid transporter that can be used in the production of itaconic acid in micro-organisms. Preferably said transporter protein is the protein encoded by the nucleic acid which is located on a chromosome segment ofthat also harbors other genes involved in the itaconic acid biosynthesis and the lovastatin biosynthesis. Also, vectors, hosts and transformed micro-organisms are part of the invention.