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US 12,275,979 · App. 16/766,979 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Gene-modified microorganism for producing 3-hydroxyadipic acid, alpha-hydromuconic acid, and/or adipic acid, and production method for said chemical products

Inventors: Kyohei Isobe (Kamakura, JP); Kenji Kawamura (Kamakura, JP); Katsushige Yamada (Kamakura, JP)
Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
C12P7/42C12P7/44
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Patent No.
US 12,275,979
App. No.
16/766,979
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a genetically modified microorganism into which a nucleic acid encoding an enzyme that catalyzes a reaction to reduce 3-oxoadipyl-CoA to 3-hydroxyadipyl-CoA is introduced. In the genetically modified microorganism, a nucleic acid encoding any one of the polypeptides described in (a) to (c) below is introduced or expression of the polypeptide is enhanced: (a) a polypeptide composed of an amino acid sequence represented by any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 6 and 213, (b) a polypeptide composed of the same amino acid sequence as any one of the amino acid sequences, except that one or several amino acids are substituted, deleted, inserted, and/or added, and having enzymatic activity that catalyzes a reaction to reduce 3-oxoadipyl-CoA to 3-hydroxyadipyl-CoA, and (c) a polypeptide composed of an amino acid sequence with a sequence identity of not less than 70% to any one of the amino acid sequences and having activity to reduce 3-oxoadipyl-CoA to 3-hydroxyadipyl-CoA.

Claims (10)

1. A genetically modified non-naturally occurring microorganism comprising a genetic modification in which a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide is introduced or expression of the polypeptide is enhanced as compared to an otherwise identical microorganism without the genetic modification, so as to increase an amount of 3-hydroxy adipic acid, α-hydromuconic acid or adipic acid produced by said non-naturally occurring microorganism compared to an otherwise identical microorganism without the genetic modification;

wherein the polypeptide is composed of an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 6 and 213; and

wherein an amount of 3-hydroxy adipic acid, α-hydromuconic acid or adipic acid produced by said non-naturally occurring microorganism is increased compared to an otherwise identical microorganism without the genetic modification.

2. The genetically modified non-naturally occurring microorganism according to claim 1 , which is a genetically modified microorganism selected from the group consisting of the genera Escherichia, Serratia, Hafnia , and Pseudomonas.

3. The genetically modified non-naturally occurring microorganism according to claim 1 , which has an ability to generate 3-oxoadipyl-CoA and coenzyme A from acetyl-CoA and succinyl-CoA; and an ability to generate 3-hydroxyadipic acid from 3-hydroxyadipyl-CoA.

4. The genetically modified non-naturally occurring microorganism according to claim 1 , which has an ability to generate 3-oxoadipyl-CoA and coenzyme A from acetyl-CoA and succinyl-CoA; an ability to generate 2,3-dehydroadipyl-CoA from 3-hydroxyadipyl-CoA; and an ability to generate a-hydromuconic acid from 2,3-dehydroadipyl-CoA.

5. The genetically modified non-naturally occurring microorganism according to claim 1 , which has an ability to generate 3-oxoadipyl-CoA and coenzyme A from acetyl-CoA and succinyl-CoA; an ability to generate 2,3-dehydroadipyl-CoA from 3-hydroxyadipyl-CoA; an ability to generate adipyl-CoA from 2,3-dehydroadipyl-CoA; and an ability to generate adipic acid from adipyl-CoA.

6. A method of producing 3-hydroxyadipic acid, comprising culturing the genetically modified non-naturally occurring microorganism according to claim 3 in a culture medium containing a carbon source as a material for fermentation.

7. A method of producing a-hydromuconic acid, comprising culturing the genetically modified non-naturally occurring microorganism according to claim 4 in a culture medium containing a carbon source as a material for fermentation.

8. A method of producing adipic acid, comprising culturing the genetically modified non-naturally occurring microorganism according to claim 5 in a culture medium containing a carbon source as a material for fermentation.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 29, 2020
From: ISOBE, KYOHEI; KAWAMURA, KENJI; YAMADA, KATSUSHIGE
To: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 052783/0095 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-230407 · Nov 30, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200291435A1 · Sep 17, 2020
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