Patents Assigned to Research Institute of Innovation Technology for the Earth
  • Patent number: 8426172
    Abstract: A transformant capable of producing isopropanol which is constructed by transferring the following genes (a) to (d) into an aerobic bacterium or a facultative anaerobic bacterium: (a) a foreign gene which encodes an enzyme having acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase activity; (b) a foreign gene which encodes an enzyme having acetoacetyl CoA:acetate CoA-transferase activity; (c) a foreign gene which encodes an enzyme having acetoacetate decarboxylase activity; and (d) a foreign gene which encodes an enzyme having isopropanol dehydrogenase activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Research Institute of Innovation Technology for the Earth
    Inventors: Hideaki Yukawa, Masayuki Inui