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US 2019/0249205 A1Published application
Method for Producing Objective Substance
AssigneeAjinomoto Co., Inc.
InventorsBenjamin Mijts, Christine Roche, Peter Kelly, Sayaka Asari, Keita Fukui, Miku Toyazaki
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Abstract
A method for producing an objective substance such as vanillin and vanillic acid is provided. An objective substance is produced from a carbon source or a precursor of the objective substance by using a microorganism having an objective substance-producing ability, which microorganism has been modified so that the activity of an L-cysteine biosynthesis enzyme is increased.
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A method for producing an objective substance, the method comprising the following step:
- producing the objective substance by using a microorganism having an ability to produce the objective substance, wherein the microorganism has been modified so that the activity of an L-cysteine biosynthesis enzyme is increased as compared with a non-modified microorganism, and wherein the objective substance is selected from the group consisting of:
- (X) metabolites the biosynthesis of which requires S-adenosylmethionine, (Y) L-methionine, and (Z) combinations thereof.
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