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US 6,660,507 B2Granted
Genes involved in isoprenoid compound production
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorsQiong Cheng, Mattheos Koffas, Kelley C. Norton, James M. Odom, Stephen K. Picataggio, Andreas Schenzle, Jean-Francois Tomb, Pierre E. Rouviere
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Abstract
Genes have been isolated from Methylomonas 16a sp. encoding the isoprenoid biosynthetic pathway. The genes and gene products are the first isolated from a Methylomonas strain that is capable of utilizing single carbon (C1) substrates as energy sources. The genes and gene products of the present invention may be used in a variety of ways for the production of isoprenoid compounds in a variety of organisms.
Claims8
A method for the production of isoprenoid compounds comprising:
- contacting a transformed host cell under suitable growth conditions with an effective amount of a carbon source whereby an isoprenoid compound is produced, said transformed host cell comprising a nucleic acid molecules encoding SEQ ID NOs:
- 2 under the control of suitable regulatory sequences.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.