Microorganism producing L-methionine precursor and the method of producing L-methionine precursor using the microorganism

A method for producing methionine, comprising,

• a) culturing a microorganism that produces and releases O-acetylhomoserine, wherein the microorganism is characterized by the following:
• i) a homoserine O-acetyltransferase activity (EC2.3.1.31) is introduced and enhanced by the integration of a gene from Deinococcus radiodurans that encodes homoserine O-acetyltransferase;
• and
• ii) an aspartokinase or homoserine dehydrogenase activity (EC2.7.2.4 or 1.1.1.3) is enhanced, but one or more of endogenous cystathionine gamma synthase, endogenous O-succinylhomoserine sulfhydrylase, and endogenous O-acetylhomoserine sulfhydrylase activities are reduced, inhibited or inactivated,
• b) producing methionine from the released O-acetylhomoserine.