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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2011
Michael Dauner, Claymont, DE (US);
Lori Ann Maggio-hall, Wilmington, DE (US);
Jean-francois Tomb, Wilmington, DE (US);
Michael Dauner, Claymont, DE (US);
Lori Ann Maggio-Hall, Wilmington, DE (US);
Jean-Francois Tomb, Wilmington, DE (US);
Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
The present invention is related to recombinant host cells comprising: (i) at least one deletion, mutation, and/or substitution in an endogenous gene encoding a polypeptide that converts pyruvate to acetaldehyde, acetyl-phosphate or acetyl-CoA; and (ii) a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having phosphoketolase activity. The present invention is also related to recombinant host cells further comprising (iii) a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having phosphotransacetylase activity.