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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2012
Applicants:
Daniel Koch, Campinas, BR;
Guido Meurer, Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE;
Jürgen Eck, Bensheim-Auerbach, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
B.R.A.I.N. Biotechnology Research and Information Network AG, Zwingenberg, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/24 (2006.01); C12P 7/18 (2006.01); C12N 9/04 (2006.01); C12N 9/02 (2006.01); C12N 9/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/24 (2013.01); C12P 7/18 (2013.01); C12Y 101/01077 (2013.01); C12Y 102/01 (2013.01); C12Y 208/03001 (2013.01); C12N 9/0006 (2013.01); C12N 9/0008 (2013.01); C12N 9/13 (2013.01); Y02P 20/52 (2015.11);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a host cell having an elevated expression or activity of an enzyme as compared with the parent cell from which it has been derived, said enzyme having lactoyl-CoA reductase activity. Furthermore, provided is a method of producing lactaldehyde and/or 1,2-propanediol, said method comprising culturing said host cell and/or utilizing said enzyme to produce said compound.