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Title: Bacterial production of methyl ketones

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1342098

The present invention relates to methods and compositions for increasing production of methyl ketones in a genetically modified host cell that overproduces .beta.-ketoacyl-CoAs through a re-engineered .beta.-oxidation pathway and overexpresses FadM.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California
Patent Number(s):
9,556,458
Application Number:
14/354,510
OSTI ID:
1342098
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2012 Oct 26
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Substantial improvements in methyl ketone production in E. coli and insights on the pathway from in vitro studies journal November 2014
Synthesis of methyl ketones by metabolically engineered Escherichia coli journal August 2012