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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2011
Wim Soetaert, Lovendegem, BE;
Sofie DE Maeseneire, Destelbergen, BE;
Karen Saerens, Drongen, BE;
Sophie Roelants, Ghent, BE;
Inge Van Bogaert, Overmere, BE;
Wim Soetaert, Lovendegem, BE;
Sofie De Maeseneire, Destelbergen, BE;
Karen Saerens, Drongen, BE;
Sophie Roelants, Ghent, BE;
Inge Van Bogaert, Overmere, BE;
Universiteit Gent, Ghent, BE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to yeast species which are normally capable of producing sophorolipids but which are modified in such way that they are incapable producing the latter compounds. These sophorolipid-negative strains surprisingly display equal growth characteristics and biomass formation as their wild type counterparts and are hence useful for the production of compounds such as recombinant proteins, glycolipids, polyhydroxyalkanoates and carotenoides. In addition, the present invention discloses two glucosyltransferase genes with key-functions in sophorolipid production.