Patents by Inventor Perrine Vasseur

Perrine Vasseur has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10858675
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a recombinant microorganism capable of producing 2,4-dihydroxybutyrate, which is characterized by an increased cellular export, and preferably by a decreased cellular import, of said 2,4 DHB. The invention also relates to a method for the optimized production of 2,4-dihydroxybutyrate by culturing said microorganism in a fermentation medium and recovering 2,4-DHB from said medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: METABOLIC EXPLORER
    Inventors: Wanda Dischert, Laurence Dumon-Seignovert, Perrine Vasseur, Gwénaëlle Bestel-Corre, Philippe Soucaille
  • Patent number: 10329591
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a recombinant microorganism optimized for the fermentative production of methionine and/or its derivatives, wherein in said recombinant strain, the methionine efflux is enhanced by overexpressing the homologous logous genes of ygaZ and ygaH genes from Escherichia coli. It is also related to a method for optimizing the fermentative production of methionine or its derivatives comprising the steps of: a. culturing a recombinant microorganism wherein in said microorganism, the methionine efflux is enhanced by overexpressing the ygaZH homologous genes of ygaZ and ygaH genes from Escherichia coli, in an appropriate culture medium comprising a fermentable source of carbon and a source of sulphur, and b. recovering methionine and/or its derivatives from the culture medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Figge, Laurence Dumon-Seignovert, Perrine Vasseur, Wanda Dischert
  • Patent number: 10196658
    Abstract: The present application is related to a recombinant microorganism optimized for the fermentative production of methionine and/or its derivatives, wherein in said recombinant microorganism, the cobalamin-dependent methionine synthase activity and the methionine efflux are enhanced. The application is also related to a method for optimizing the fermentative production of methionine and/or its derivatives comprising the steps of: c. culturing a recombinant microorganism wherein in said microorganism, the cobalamin-dependent methionine synthase activity and the methionine efflux are enhanced, in an appropriate culture medium comprising a fermentable source of carbon and a source of sulphur, and d. recovering methionine and/or its derivatives from the culture medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
    Inventors: Wanda Dischert, Perrine Vasseur, Rainer Figge
  • Publication number: 20180223319
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a recombinant microorganism useful for the production of L-methionine and process for the preparation of L-methionine. The microorganism of the invention is modified in a way that the L-methionine production is improved by using a thiocarboxylated protein as sulfur donor and by expressing an enzyme having homoserine O-acetyltransferase activity without feedback inhibition by methionine and/or S-adenosylmethionine and an enzyme having O-acetylhomoserine sulfhydrylase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Philippe SOUCAILLE, Perrine VASSEUR
  • Patent number: 9988655
    Abstract: The present invention relates to use of inducible promoters in the production of methionine by fermentation. The present invention concerns a method for the production of methionine, its precursors or derivatives in a fermentative process comprising the following steps: culturing a modified microorganism in an appropriate culture medium comprising a source of carbon, a source of sulphur and a source of nitrogen, and recovering methionine and/or its derivatives from the culture medium, wherein in said modified microorganism, the expression of at least one gene involved in methionine production is under the control, direct or indirect, of a heterologous inducible promoter. The invention also concerned the modified microorganism used in the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
    Inventors: Rainer Figge, Perrine Vasseur
  • Publication number: 20180105845
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a recombinant microorganism capable of producing 2,4-dihydroxybutyrate, which is characterized by an increased cellular export, and preferably by a decreased cellular import, of said 2,4 DHB. The invention also relates to a method for the optimized productionof 2,4-dihydroxybutyrate by culturing said microorganism in a fermentation medium and recovering 2,4-DHB from said medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: METABOLIC EXPLORER
    Inventors: Wanda DISCHERT, Laurence DUMON-SEIGNOVERT, Perrine VASSEUR, Gwénaëlle BESTEL-CORRE, Philippe SOUCAILLE
  • Publication number: 20170306366
    Abstract: The present invention relates to use of inducible promoters in the production of methionine by fermentation. The present invention concerns a method for the production of methionine, its precursors or derivatives in a fermentative process comprising the following steps: culturing a modified microorganism in an appropriate culture medium comprising a source of carbon, a source of sulphur and a source of nitrogen, and recovering methionine and/or its derivatives from the culture medium, wherein in said modified microorganism, the expression of at least one gene involved in methionine production is under the control, direct or indirect, of a heterologous inducible promoter. The invention also concerned the modified microorganism used in the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
    Inventors: Rainer FIGGE, Perrine VASSEUR
  • Publication number: 20170240938
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a recombinant microorganism optimised for the fermentative production of methionine and/or its derivatives, wherein in said recombinant strain, the methionine efflux is enhanced by overexpressing the homologous logous genes of ygaZ and ygaH genes from Escherichia coli. It is also related to a method for optimising the fermentative production of methionine or its derivatives comprising the steps of: a. culturing a recombinant microorganism wherein in said microorganism, the methionine efflux is enhanced by overexpressing the ygaZH homologous genes of ygaZ and ygaH genes from Escherichia coli, in an appropriate culture medium comprising a fermentable source of carbon and a source of sulphur, and b. recovering methionine and/or its derivatives from the culture medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: METABOLIC EXPLORER
    Inventors: Rainer FIGGE, Laurence DUMON-SEIGNOVERT, Perrine VASSEUR, Wanda DISCHERT
  • Patent number: 9732364
    Abstract: The present invention relates to use of inducible promoters in the production of methionine by fermentation. The present invention concerns a method for the production of methionine, its precursors or derivatives in a fermentative process comprising the following steps: culturing a modified microorganism in an appropriate culture medium comprising a source of carbon, a source of sulphur and a source of nitrogen, and recovering methionine and/or its derivatives from the culture medium, wherein in said modified microorganism, the expression of at least one gene involved in methionine production is under the control, direct or indirect, of a heterologous inducible promoter. The invention also concerned the modified microorganism used in the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
    Inventors: Rainer Figge, Perrine Vasseur
  • Publication number: 20160177352
    Abstract: The present application is related to a recombinant microorganism optimised for the fermentative production of methionine and/or its derivatives, wherein in said recombinant microorganism, the cobalamin-dependent methionine synthase activity and the methionine efflux are enhanced. The application is also related to a method for optimizing the fermentative production of methionine and/or its derivatives comprising the steps of: c. culturing a recombinant microorganism wherein in said microorganism, the cobalamin-dependent methionine synthase activity and the methionine efflux are enhanced, in an appropriate culture medium comprising a fermentable source of carbon and a source of sulphur, and d. recovering methionine and/or its derivatives from the culture medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: METABOLIC EXPLORER
    Inventors: Wanda DISCHERT, Perrine VASSEUR, Rainer FIGGE
  • Patent number: 9034611
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a microorganism for the production of methionine, wherein said microorganism is modified to enhance the transhydrogenase activity of PntAB. In a preferred aspect of the invention, the activity of the transhydrogenase UdhA is attenuated in said microorganisms. The invention also related to a method for producing methionine by fermentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: METALBOLIC EXPLORER
    Inventors: Wanda Dischert, Perrine Vasseur, Cédric Boisart, Rainer Figge
  • Publication number: 20130183727
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a microorganism for the production of methionine, wherein said microorganism is modified to enhance the transhydrogenase activity of PntAB. In a preferred aspect of the invention, the activity of the transhydrogenase UdhA is attenuated in said microorganisms. The invention also related to a method for producing methionine by fermentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: METABOLIC EXPLORER
    Inventors: Wanda Dischert, Perrine Vasseur, Cedric Boisart, Rainer Figge
  • Publication number: 20120252077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to use of inducible promoters in the production of methionine by fermentation. The present invention concerns a method for the production of methionine, its precursors or derivatives in a fermentative process comprising the following steps: culturing a modified microorganism in an appropriate culture medium comprising a source of carbon, a source of sulphur and a source of nitrogen, and recovering methionine and/or its derivatives from the culture medium, wherein in said modified microorganism, the expression of at least one gene involved in methionine production is under the control, direct or indirect, of a heterologous inducible promoter. The invention also concerned the modified microorganism used in the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: METABOLIC EXPLORER
    Inventors: Rainer Figge, Perrine Vasseur