IP Library Granted Patent US 9,447,385
Granted Patent B2
US 9,447,385 · App. 14/179,826 · Granted Sep 20, 2016

Butanol dehydrogenase enzyme from the bacterium

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Patent No.
US 9,447,385
App. No.
14/179,826
Granted
Sep 20, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

From a bacterial strain isolated from an environmental sample, after enrichment in medium containing 1-butanol as the carbon source, a new enzyme with butanol dehydrogenase activity was identified. The enzyme can convert butyraldehyde to 1-butanol, isobutyraldehyde to isobutanol, as well as 2-butanone to 2-butanol and thus is useful for biosynthesis of butanol in recombinant microbial hosts producing these substrates. The encoding gene, named sadB, was isolated from the strain identified as an isolate of Achromobacter xylosoxidans.

Claims (21)

1. A recombinant microbial host cell comprising a heterologous nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide having butanol dehydrogenase activity;

wherein the polypeptide having butanol dehydrogenase activity comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2.

2. The recombinant microbial host cell of claim 1 further comprising an engineered butanol biosynthetic pathway.

3. The recombinant microbial host cell of claim 2 , wherein the engineered butanol biosynthetic pathway is an engineered isobutanol biosynthetic pathway, an engineered 1-butanol biosynthetic pathway, or an engineered 2-butanol biosynthetic pathway.

4. The recombinant microbial host cell of claim 1 , wherein the recombinant microbial host cell is selected from the group consisting of bacteria, cyanobacteria, filamentous fungi, and yeast.

5. The recombinant microbial host cell of claim 4 , wherein the recombinant microbial host cell is a member of a genus selected from the group consisting of Clostridium, Zymomonas, Escherichia, Salmonella, Rhodococcus, Pseudomonas, Bacillus, Lactobacillus, Enterococcus, Alcaligenes, Klebsiella, Paenibacillus, Arthrobacter, Corynebacterium, Brevibacterium, Pichia, Candida, Hansenula, Kluyveromyces , and Saccharomyces.

6. The recombinant microbial host cell of claim 2 , wherein the recombinant microbial host cell is selected from the group consisting of bacteria, cyanobacteria, filamentous fungi, and yeast.

7. The recombinant microbial host cell of claim 6 , wherein the recombinant microbial host cell is a member of a genus selected from the group consisting of Clostridium, Zymomonas, Escherichia, Salmonella, Rhodococcus, Pseudomonas, Bacillus, Lactobacillus, Enterococcus, Alcaligenes, Klebsiella, Paenibacillus, Arthrobacter, Corynebacterium, Brevibacterium, Pichia, Candida, Hansenula, Kluyveromyces , and Saccharomyces.

8. The recombinant microbial host cell of claim 3 , wherein the recombinant microbial host cell is selected from the group consisting of bacteria, cyanobacteria, filamentous fungi, and yeast.

9. The recombinant microbial host cell of claim 8 , wherein the recombinant microbial host cell is a member of a genus selected from the group consisting of Clostridium, Zymomonas, Escherichia, Salmonella, Rhodococcus, Pseudomonas, Bacillus, Lactobacillus, Enterococcus, Alcaligenes, Klebsiella, Paenibacillus, Arthrobacter, Corynebacterium, Brevibacterium, Pichia, Candida, Hansenula, Kluyveromyces , and Saccharomyces.

10. A recombinant microbial host cell comprising a heterologous nucleic acid molecule having a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO: 3.

11. The recombinant microbial host cell of claim 10 further comprising an engineered butanol biosynthetic pathway.

12. The recombinant microbial host cell of claim 11 , wherein the engineered butanol biosynthetic pathway is an engineered isobutanol biosynthetic pathway, an engineered 1-butanol biosynthetic pathway, or an engineered 2-butanol biosynthetic pathway.

13. The recombinant microbial host cell of claim 10 , wherein the recombinant microbial host cell is selected from the group consisting of bacteria, cyanobacteria, filamentous fungi, and yeast.

14. The recombinant microbial host cell of claim 13 , wherein the recombinant microbial host cell is a member of a genus selected from the group consisting of Clostridium, Zymomonas, Escherichia, Salmonella, Rhodococcus, Pseudomonas, Bacillus, Lactobacillus, Enterococcus, Alcaligenes, Klebsiella, Paenibacillus, Arthrobacter, Corynebacterium, Brevibacterium, Pichia, Candida, Hansenula, Kluyveromyces , and Saccharomyces.

15. The recombinant microbial host cell of claim 11 , wherein the recombinant microbial host cell is selected from the group consisting of bacteria, cyanobacteria, filamentous fungi, and yeast.

16. The recombinant microbial host cell of claim 15 , wherein the recombinant microbial host cell is a member of a genus selected from the group consisting of Clostridium, Zymomonas, Escherichia, Salmonella, Rhodococcus, Pseudomonas, Bacillus, Lactobacillus, Enterococcus, Alcaligenes, Klebsiella, Paenibacillus, Arthrobacter, Corynebacterium, Brevibacterium, Pichia, Candida, Hansenula, Kluyveromyces , and Saccharomyces.

17. The recombinant microbial host cell of claim 12 , wherein the recombinant microbial host cell is selected from the group consisting of bacteria, cyanobacteria, filamentous fungi, and yeast.

18. The recombinant microbial host cell of claim 17 , wherein the recombinant microbial host cell is a member of a genus selected from the group consisting of Clostridium, Zymomonas, Escherichia, Salmonella, Rhodococcus, Pseudomonas, Bacillus, Lactobacillus, Enterococcus, Alcaligenes, Klebsiella, Paenibacillus, Arthrobacter, Corynebacterium, Brevibacterium, Pichia, Candida, Hansenula, Kluyveromyces , and Saccharomyces.

19. The recombinant microbial host cell of claim 10 , wherein the nucleic acid sequence further comprises a promoter.

20. The recombinant microbial host cell of claim 19 , wherein the promoter is selected from CYC1, HIS3, GAL1, GAL10, ADH1, PGK, PHO5, GAPDH, ADC1, TRP1, URA3, LEU2, ENO, TPI, CUP1, FBA, GPD, GPM, AOX1, lac, ara, tet, trp, lPL, lPR, T7, tac, trc, amy, apr, npr, nisA, and P11 promoter.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2021
From: BUTAMAX ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLC
To: GEVO, INC.
Reel/Frame 057677/0477 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2014
From: BRAMUCCI, MICHAEL G.; MAGGIO-HALL, LORI ANN; ELIOT, ANDREW C.; NAKAMURA, CHARLES E.
To: BUTAMAX ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLC
Reel/Frame 032623/0893 →