MICROORGANISM MANIPULATED TO PRODUCE 2-PROPANOL

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide microorganisms biosynthesizing 2-propanol by using a gas including carbon dioxide and hydrogen, or a gas including carbon monoxide and hydrogen, as a substrate.

SOLUTION: The microorganisms are obtained by introducing (a) an exogenous gene encoding acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase; (b) an exogenous gene encoding acetoacetyl-CoA:acetate/butyrate:CoA-transferase; (c) an exogenous gene encoding acetoacetate decarboxylase; and (d) an exogenous gene encoding secondary alcohol dehydrogenase, to genus Aceto-bacterium bacteria.

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