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US 2018/0312890 A1Published application
Microorganism modified for the assimilation of levulinic acid
AssigneeMetabolic Explorer
InventorsGwenaëlle CORRE, Laurence DUMON-SEIGNOVERT, Philippe SOUCAILLE
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a genetically modified microorganism for the fermentative conversion of levulinic acid into propionyl-CoA and acetyl-CoA, and to a fermentation process for performing said conversion.
Claims16
A microorganism capable of producing, by fermentation culture, 1,2-propanediol, genetically modified for the fermentative conversion of levulinic acid into propionyl-CoA and acetyl-CoA, by overexpression of:
- i) at least one enzyme converting levulinic acid into levulinyl-CoA;
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- ii) at least one enzyme converting said levulinyl-CoA into propionyl-CoA and acetyl-CoA.
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