Methods for producing 3-hydroxypropionic acid and other products

Title: Methods for producing 3-hydroxypropionic acid and other products

This invention relates to metabolically engineered microorganism strains, such as bacterial strains, in which there is an increased utilization of malonyl-CoA for production of a chemical product, which includes 3-hydroxypropionic acid.

Inventors:: Lynch, Michael D.; Gill, Ryan T.; Lipscomb, Tanya E. W.

Issue Date:: 2016-07-12

OSTI Identifier:: 1261625

Assignee:: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate (Denver, CO) ARPA-E

Patent Number(s):: 9,388,419

Application Number:: 13/916,534

Contract Number:: AR0000088

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2013 Jun 12

Research Org:: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate, Denver, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 09 BIOMASS FUELS

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