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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2014
Dsm Ip Assets B.v., Heerlen, NL;
Jacobus Thomas Pronk, Schipluiden, NL;
Antonius Jeroen Adriaan Van Maris, Delft, NL;
Victor Gabriel Guadalupe Medina, Delft, NL;
DSM IP ASSETS B.V., Heerlen, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a yeast cell, in particular a recombinant yeast cell, the cell lacking enzymatic activity needed for the NADH-dependent glycerol synthesis or the cell having a reduced enzymatic activity with respect to the NADH-dependent glycerol synthesis compared to its corresponding wild-type yeast cell, the cell comprising one or more heterologous nucleic acid sequences encoding an NAD-dependent acetylating acetaldehyde dehydrogenase (EC 1.2.1.10) activity. The invention further relates to the use of a cell according to the invention in the preparation of ethanol.