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US 11,913,054 B2Granted
Fermentative production of n-butylacrylate using alcohol acyl transferase enzymes
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsStephan Saum, Woncheol Kim, Oskar Zelder, Jennifer Jaitzig, Zheyuan Guo
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Abstract
Provided herein is a recombinant nucleic acid molecule, a recombinant microorganism, and a method for fermentative production of n-butylacrylate and other esters from alcohols and acyl-CoA units using alcohol acyl transferase enzymes.
Claims4
A method for fermentative production of n-butylacrylate (n-BA) comprising the steps of:
- i) providing a recombinant microorganism comprising a butanol producing pathway and an acryloyl-CoA producing pathway and expressing an alcohol acyl transferase (AAT) gene encoding an AAT enzyme having an n-BA forming activity;
- ii) culturing said microorganism under conditions that allow for the production of n-BA;
- and
- iii) recovering n-BA from a fermentation broth;
- wherein the AAT gene encoding an AAT enzyme having an n-BA forming activity is selected from the group consisting of:
- (I) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13;
- (II) a nucleic acid molecule having at least 95% identity to a nucleic acid molecule selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13;
- (III) a nucleic acid molecule hybridizing to the full complement of a nucleic acid molecule having a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 1, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13;
- (IV) a nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14;
- and
- (V) a nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide having at least 95% identity to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14.
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A process for fermentative production of n-BA comprising the steps of:
- I) growing in a fermenter a recombinant microorganism comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding an AAT gene encoding an AAT enzyme having an n-butylacrylate (n-BA) forming activity, wherein the microorganism also comprises a butanol producing pathway and an acryloyl-CoA producing pathway, and wherein the microorganism has an introduced, increased, or enhanced n-butylacrylate forming activity and/or expression of said AAT enzyme;
- wherein the AAT gene encoding an AAT enzyme having an n-BA forming activity is selected from the group consisting of:
- (I) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13;
- (II) a nucleic acid molecule having at least 95% identity to a nucleic acid molecule selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13;
- (III) a nucleic acid molecule hybridizing to the full complement of a nucleic acid molecule having a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 1, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13;
- (IV) a nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14;
- and
- (V) a nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide having at least 95% identity to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14;
- and
- II) recovering n-BA from a fermentation broth obtained in step I).
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