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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2005
Vitaliy Arkadyevich Livshits, Moscow, RU;
Natalia Pavlovna Zakataeva, Moscow, RU;
Vladimir Veniaminovich Aleshin, Moscow, RU;
Alla Valentinovna Belareva, Moscow, RU;
Irina Lyvovna Tokhmakova, Moscow, RU;
Vitaliy Arkadyevich Livshits, Moscow, RU;
Natalia Pavlovna Zakataeva, Moscow, RU;
Vladimir Veniaminovich Aleshin, Moscow, RU;
Alla Valentinovna Belareva, Moscow, RU;
Irina Lyvovna Tokhmakova, Moscow, RU;
AJINOMOTO CO., INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention describes a bacterium which has an ability to produce an amino acid and in which the rhtC gene encoding a protein having an enhanced activity of imparting L-threonine resistance to a bacterium expressing the protein. Preferably, the bacterium further includes an rhtB gene encoding for a protein having an enhanced activity of imparting to a bacterium L-homoserine resistance expressing the protein. The present invention also describes a method of cultivating the bacterium in a culture medium to produce and accumulate amino acids in the medium, and the amino acid is recovered from the medium.