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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno, Delft, NL;
Inventors:
Maria Johanna Van Der Werf, Wageningen, NL;
Peter Jan Punt, Houten, NL;
Assignee:
DUTCH DNA BIOTECH B.V., Zeist, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/15 (2006.01); C12N 1/21 (2006.01); C07K 14/38 (2006.01); C12P 7/44 (2006.01); C12N 15/80 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/80 (2013.01); C07K 14/38 (2013.01); C12P 7/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a nucleic acid sequence encoding an itaconate transporting Major Facilitator Superfamily Transporter (MFST) gene sequence and the protein encoded thereby. Preferably said sequence is the nucleic acid that comprises the sequence of ATEG_09972.1 ofor homologues thereof. Overexpression of the protein enhances the production of itaconic acid in micro-organisms.