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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2008
Douglas S. Clark, Orinda, CA (US);
Timothy Whitehead, Berkeley, CA (US);
Frank T. Robb, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Pongpan Laksanalamai, Baltimore, MD (US);
Anchalee Jiemjit, Baltimore, MD (US);
Douglas S. Clark, Orinda, CA (US);
Timothy Whitehead, Berkeley, CA (US);
Frank T. Robb, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Pongpan Laksanalamai, Baltimore, MD (US);
Anchalee Jiemjit, Baltimore, MD (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
The invention provides methods and compositions for increasing tolerance of microorganisms to toxic agents, such as solvents; and for increasing production of solvents from solvent-generating microorganisms. The methods comprise engineering a microorganism of interest to express a heterologous heat-shock protein/chaperone, e.g., Group II chaperonin or a prefoldin such as γ-prefoldin, where the heterologous protein is from an extremophile, such as an archaean.