IP Library Granted Patent US 9,567,616
Granted Patent B2
US 9,567,616 · App. 13/983,917 · Granted Feb 14, 2017

Process for producing target substance by fermentation

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Patent No.
US 9,567,616
App. No.
13/983,917
Granted
Feb 14, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A target substance can be efficiently produced by culturing, in a medium, a coryneform bacterium in which the activity of a PTS protein relating to fructose uptake is reduced or lost as compared with a parent strain and the bacterium can produce the target substance, allowing the target substance to form and accumulate in a culture; and collecting the target substance from the culture.

Claims (12)

1. A process for producing a target substance, comprising:

culturing in a medium that contains glucose as a sole carbon source a coryneform bacterium in which the activity of both FruK protein and FruA protein are lost as compared with a parent strain, wherein the bacterium can produce the target substance;

allowing the target substance to form and accumulate in a culture; and

collecting the target substance from the culture, wherein

the target substance is an amino acid, a peptide or a protein.

2. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the lost activity of FruK protein and FruA protein is obtained by introducing a deletion, a substitution, or an addition of a base into genes encoding those proteins in the chromosomal DNA of the parent strain.

3. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the coryneform bacterium is Corynebacterium glutamicum.

4. The process according to claim 2 , wherein the coryneform bacterium is Corynebacterium glutamicum.

5. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the target substance is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of L-lysine, L-arginine, L-histidine, L-isoleucine, L-valine, L-leucine, L-threonine, L-phenylalanine, L-tyrosine, L-tryptophan, L-cysteine, L-glutamic acid, L-citrulline, L-glutamine, L-proline, L-serine, L-ornithine, L-methionine, L-aspartic acid, L-asparagine, and glycine.

6. The process according to claim 2 , wherein the target substance is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of L-lysine, L-arginine, L-histidine, L-isoleucine, L-valine, L-leucine, L-threonine, L-phenylalanine, L-tyrosine, L-tryptophan, L-cysteine, L-glutamic acid, L-citrulline, L-glutamine, L-proline, L-serine, L-ornithine, L-methionine, L-aspartic acid, L-asparagine, and glycine.

7. The process according to claim 3 , wherein the target substance is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of L-lysine, L-arginine, L-histidine, L-isoleucine, L-valine, L-leucine, L-threonine, L-phenylalanine, L-tyrosine, L-tryptophan, L-cysteine, L-glutamic acid, L-citrulline, L-glutamine, L-proline, L-serine, L-ornithine, L-methionine, L-aspartic acid, L-asparagine, and glycine.

8. The process according to claim 4 , wherein the target substance is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of L-lysine, L-arginine, L-histidine, L-isoleucine, L-valine, L-leucine, L-threonine, L-phenylalanine, L-tyrosine, L-tryptophan, L-cysteine, L-glutamic acid, L-citrulline, L-glutamine, L-proline, L-serine, L-ornithine, L-methionine, L-aspartic acid, L-asparagine, and glycine.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2026
From: PLUMINO PRECISION FERMENTATION JAPAN CO., LTD.
To: PLUMINO PRECISION FERMENTATION HOLDINGS PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 075285/0011 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2025
From: KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO., LTD.
To: PLUMINO PRECISION FERMENTATION JAPAN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072154/0568 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2013
From: UJIHARA, TETSURO; ABE, TETSUYA; YAGASAKI, MAKOTO
To: KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030952/0021 →