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