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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2014
Applicant:
William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Ka-Yiu San, Houston, TX (US);
Songi Han, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/64 (2006.01); C12N 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/6409 (2013.01); C12N 9/16 (2013.01); C12Y 301/02014 (2013.01); Y02P 20/52 (2015.11);
Abstract
The present invention relates to an engineered bacteria for producing short chain fatty acid with the overexpression of a long chain (>C12) acyl-ACP thioesterases (long-TE) and a short chain (≦C12) acyl-ACP thioesterases (short-TE).