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US 2007/0166807 A1Published application
Method for Producing Aromatic L-Amino Acid Using Bacterium Belonging to the Genus Methylophilus
OwnerIrina Tokmakova, Natalya Gorshkova +2inventors
InventorsIrina Tokmakova, Natalya Gorshkova, Elena Abalakina, Yurgis Iomantas
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for producing an L-amino acid using a bacterium belonging to the genus Methylophilus which has been modified to enhance expression of genes involved in the efflux of aromatic L-amino acids, particularly the yddG, yddL, yddK, and yddJ genes from Escherichia coli.
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A Methylophilus bacterium which has the ability to produce aromatic L-amino acids, wherein said bacterium has been modified to increase expression of genes coding for proteins involved in aromatic L-amino acid efflux.
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