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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2011
Applicants:
Holly J. Jessen, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Jian Yi, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Inventors:
Holly J. Jessen, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Jian Yi, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cargill, Incorporated, Wayzata, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/06 (2006.01); C12N 9/04 (2006.01); C12P 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/06 (2013.01); C12N 9/0006 (2013.01); C12P 7/065 (2013.01); C12P 7/10 (2013.01); Y02E 50/16 (2013.01); Y02E 50/17 (2013.01); Y02P 20/52 (2015.11);
Abstract
The present application discloses the identification of novelADH1, ADHa, and ADHb genes, and the production and characterization of genetically modified yeast cells in which these genes were altered. Provided herein are isolatedADH1, ADHa, and ADHb polynucleotides and polypeptides, genetically modified yeast cells that overexpressADH1 and/or contain deletions or disruptions of ADHa and/or ADHb, and methods of using culturing these modified cells to produce ethanol.