A genetically modified acetogenic cell
AssigneeEvonik Degussa GmbH
InventorsThomas Haas, Thomas BÜLTER, Anja HECKER
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Abstract
There is provided an acetogenic microbial cell which is capable of producing at least one higher alcohol from a carbon source, wherein the acetogenic microbial cell is genetically modified to comprise an increased expression relative to its wild type cell of at least one enzyme, E8, a butyryl-CoA:acetate CoA transferase (cat3). There is also provided a method and use of the cell to produce higher alcohols.
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An acetogenic microbial cell which is capable of producing at least one higher alcohol from a carbon source, wherein the acetogenic microbial cell is genetically modified to comprise an increased expression relative to its wild type cell of at least one enzyme, E8, a butyryl-CoA:acetate CoA transferase (cat3), and wherein the higher alcohol comprises the formula I below and has 4 to 10 carbon atoms:
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