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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2011
You Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
Thomas E. Wall, Austin, TX (US);
Stanley Bower, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert Christopher Brown, San Diego, CA (US);
Jennifer Coppersmith, San Diego, CA (US);
You Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
Thomas E. Wall, Austin, TX (US);
Stanley Bower, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert Christopher Brown, San Diego, CA (US);
Jennifer Coppersmith, San Diego, CA (US);
EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY, Annandale, NJ (US);
Abstract
The invention provides transgenic photosynthetic microorganisms that include non-native genes encoding polypeptides having lipolytic activity for production of free fatty acids and fatty acid derivatives, and methods of producing free fatty acids and fatty acid derivatives using the transgenic microorganisms disclosed herein. The invention also provides transgenic microorganisms that include non-native genes encoding polypeptides having lipolytic activity, and novel genes encoding polypeptides demonstrating lipolytic activity.