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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2014
Gevo, Inc., Englewood, CO (US);
Reid M. Renny Feldman, San Marino, CA (US);
Uvini Gunawardena, Irvine, CA (US);
Jun Urano, Aurora, CO (US);
Peter Meinhold, Denver, CO (US);
Aristos Aristidou, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Catherine Asleson Dundon, Englewood, CO (US);
Christopher Smith, Englewood, CO (US);
Gevo, Inc., Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides recombinant microorganisms comprising an isobutanol producing metabolic pathway and methods of using said recombinant microorganisms to produce isobutanol. In various aspects of the invention, the recombinant microorganisms may comprise a modification resulting in the reduction of pyruvate decarboxylase and/or glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity. In various embodiments described herein, the recombinant microorganisms may be microorganisms of the, Crabtree-negative yeast microorganisms, Crabtree-positive yeast microorganisms, post-WGD (whole genome duplication) yeast microorganisms, pre-WGD (whole genome duplication) yeast microorganisms, and non-fermenting yeast microorganisms.