L-amino acid producing bacterium and method of producing l-amino acid
AssigneeAjinomoto Co., Inc.
InventorsMayu Iyo, Ryo Takeshita, Shinichi Sugimoto
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Abstract
An L-amino acid is produced by culturing an L-amino acid-producing bacterium which belongs to the Enterobacteriaceae family and which has been modified so that the activity of an iron transporter is increased by enhancing expression of one or more genes of the following genes: tonB gene, fepA gene, and fecA.
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An L-amino acid-producing bacterium belonging to the Enterobacteriaceae family, which has been modified to enhance the expression of a gene encoding a protein of the tonB system, wherein said gene is selected from the group consisting of the tonB gene, fepA gene, fecA gene, and combinations thereof.
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