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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2013
Bayer Technology Services Gmbh, Leverkusen, DE;
Bayer Materialscience Ag, Leverkusen, DE;
Jorgen Magnus, Düsseldorf, DE;
Covestro Deutschland AG, Leverkusen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of generating a recombinant host strain for producing phenol, comprising the steps of a) providing a host comprising chorismate, b) transforming the host with a first nucleic acid sequence comprising ubiC (SEQ ID NO: 1) encoding chorismate lyase that converts chorismate to 4-hydroxybenzoate, and c) transforming the host with a second nucleic acid sequence encoding an oxygen-tolerant 4-hydroxybenzoate decarboxylase that converts 4-hydroxybenzoate to phenol, thereby generating a recombinant host that is capable of producing phenol under aerobic conditions, wherein step b) and step c) are carried out simultaneously or sequentially. The invention also provides the recombinant host strain for producing phenol obtainable by the aforementioned method, as well as a method of producing phenol in the recombinant host strain.