Production of polyhydroxybutyrate in wood-ljungdahl microorganisms

Research output: Patent

  • Ryan Tappel (Inventor)
  • James Bruce Yarnton H Behrendorff (Inventor)
  • Michael Koepke (Inventor)
  • Esteban Marcellin (Inventor)
  • Renato de S. P. Lemgruber (Inventor)
  • Kaspar Valgepea (Inventor)
  • Lars Keld Nielsen (Inventor)
The invention provides microorganisms and methods for the production of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) from gaseous substrates. In particular, the invention provides a non-naturally occurring Wood-Ljungdahl microorganism comprising (a) an enzyme that converts acetyl-CoA to acetoacetyl-CoA,(b) an enzyme that converts acetoacetyl-CoA to 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA, and (c) an enzyme that converts 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA to polyhydroxybutyrate, and methods related thereto.
Original languageEnglish
IPCC12P7/625
Patent numberUS20190119706A1
Country/TerritoryUnited States
Priority date04/10/2017
Priority numberUS201762568127P
Publication statusPublished - 25 Apr 2019

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