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Causative genes conferring acetic acid tolerance in yeast

AssigneesVib Vzw, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, KU LEUVEN R&D

InventorsJohan Thevelein, Jean-Paul Meijnen, Maria Remedios Foulquié Moreno

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Abstract

The present invention relates to genes conferring acetic acid tolerance in yeast. More specifically, the invention relates to the use of DOT5, preferably in combination with CUP2 and/or HAA1 to obtain acid tolerance in yeast. Even more preferably, the invention relates to specific alleles of said genes, and to yeast strains comprising said specific alleles.

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A yeast strain comprising an overexpressed HAA1 allele encoding SEQ ID NO:

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Application: 15/527,736Filed 24 Nov 2015
Priority: EP 1419444324 Nov 2014
Published: US 2017/0356013 A114 Dec 2017
Granted: 7 Apr 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

C12P 7/10
Produced as by-product or from waste or cellulosic material substrate: substrate containing cellulosic material
C07K 14/395
From yeasts: from Saccharomyces
C12N 1/18
Yeasts; Culture media therefor: baker's yeast; Brewer's yeast
C12N 9/0065
Oxidoreductases: acting on hydrogen peroxide as acceptor

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