Abstract: The present invention describes a shortened process for the production of beer, brewer's yeast strains having .alpha.-acetolactate decarboxylase activity (EC 4.1.1.5.), the method for the construction of such yeast strains and the recombinant DNA cloning vectors used. The method involves integrating the .alpha.-acetolactate decarboxylase gene into the ADC1 or PGK1 gene.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 17, 1989
Date of Patent:
April 28, 1992
Assignee:
Oy Panimolaboratorio - Bryggerilaboratorium AB
Inventors:
Tor-Magnus Enari, Matti J. Nikkola, Maija-Liisa A. Suthko, Merja E. Penttila, Paivi M. Lehtovaara-Helenius