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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
May. 20, 2015
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Kyoto University, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Chikara Ohto, Toyota, JP;
Masayoshi Muramatsu, Miyoshi, JP;
Masakazu Ito, Toyota, JP;
Jun Ogawa, Kyoto, JP;
Shigenobu Kishino, Muko, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
KYOTO UNIVERSITY, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
This invention provides a recombinant microorganism into which an acyl-CoA reductase exerting excellent activity in a reduction reaction involving the use of acyl-CoA as a substrate has been introduced. Such recombinant microorganism comprises a nucleic acid encoding a protein (a) or (b) below introduced into a host microorganism: (a) a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; or (b) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence having 70% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and having activity for synthesizing an aldehyde compound from acyl-CoA.