Patents by Inventor Bettina Mockel

Bettina Mockel 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: 8445241
    Abstract: This application discloses methods for the preparation of L-amino acids, which comprises fermentation of a desired L-amino acid-producing bacteria in which at least the tal gene is amplified. In some embodiments, genes of the biosynthesis pathway of the desired L-amino acid are additionally amplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Ashling McCormack, Cliona Stapelton, Kevin Burke, Bettina Mockel, Rita Dunican
  • Patent number: 7981640
    Abstract: L-lysine-producing strains of corynebacteria with enhanced lysE gene (lysine export carrier gene), in which strains additional genes chosen from the group comprising the dapA gene (dihydrodipicolinate synthase gene), the lysC gene (aspartate kinase gene), the dapB gene (dihydrodipicolinate reductase gene) and the pyc gene, but especially the dapA gene and the lysC gene (aspartate kinase gene), are enhanced and, in particular, over-expressed, and a process for the preparation of L-lysine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Caroline Kruetzer, Stephan Hans, Mechthild Rieping, Bettina Mockel, Walter Pfefferle, Lothar Eggeling, Sahm Hermann, Miroslav Patek
  • Publication number: 20110117611
    Abstract: The invention relates to an isolated polynucleotide from coryneform bacteria, comprising a polynucleotide sequence chosen from the group consisting of a) polynucleotide which is identical to the extent of at least 70% to a polynucleotide which codes for a polypeptide which comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO. 2 or SEQ ID NO. 4, b) polynucleotide which codes for a polypeptide which comprises an amino acid sequence which is identical to the extent of at least 70% to the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO. 2 or SEQ ID NO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Degussa-Huls AG
    Inventors: L K. Dunican, Ashling McCormack, Cliona Stapelton, Kevin Burke, Bettina Mockel
  • Patent number: 7901913
    Abstract: The invention is directed to DNA sequences from coryneform bacteria, particularly Corynebacterium glutamicum, which encode a protein having transaldolase enzymatic activity. The invention also encompasses processes for the fermentative production of L-amino acids using bacteria in which a gene encoding transaldolase is amplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Laurence Kieran Dunican, Rita Dunican, legal representative, Ashling McCormack, Cliona Stapelton, Kevin Burke, Bettina Mockel
  • Publication number: 20100261233
    Abstract: L-lysine-producing strains of corynebacteria with enhanced lysE gene (lysine export carrier gene), in which strains additional genes chosen from the group comprising the dapA gene (dihydrodipicolinate synthase gene), the lysC gene (aspartate kinase gene), the dapB gene (dihydrodipicolinate reductase gene) and the pyc gene, but especially the dapA gene and the lysC gene (aspartate kinase gene), are enhanced and, in particular, over-expressed, and to a process for the preparation of L-lysine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Caroline Kreutzer, Stephan Hans, Mechthild Rieping, Bettina Mockel, Walter Pfefferle, Lothar Eggeling, Hermann Sahm, Miroslav Patek
  • Publication number: 20100255544
    Abstract: The invention relates to coryneform bacteria which, instead of the singular copy of an open reading frame (ORF), gene or allele naturally present at the particular desired site (locus), have at least two copies of the open reading frame (ORF), gene or allele in question, preferably in tandem arrangement, and optionally at least a third copy of the open reading frame (ORF), gene or allele in question at a further gene site, and processes for the preparation of chemical compounds by fermentation of these bacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Brigitte Bathe, Caroline Kreutzer, Bettina Mockel, Georg Thierbach
  • Patent number: 7759056
    Abstract: The invention relates to an isolated polynucleotide from coryneform bacteria containing at least one polynucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of a) polynucleotide which is at least 70% identical to a polynucleotide which encodes a polypeptide containing the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID no. 2, b) polynucleotide which encodes a polypeptide which contains an amino acid sequence which is at least 70% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID no. 2, c) polynucleotide which is complementary to the polynucleotides of a) or b), and d) polynucleotide containing at least 15 successive nucleotides of the polynucleotide sequences of a), b) or c), and to a process for the fermentative production of L-amino acids, in particular L-lysine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Bettina Möckel, Anke Weissenborn, Walter Pfefferle, Michael Hartmann, Jörn Kalinowski, Alfred Pühler
  • Publication number: 20100159523
    Abstract: The invention relates to coryneform bacteria which have, in addition to at least one copy, present at the natural site (locus), of an open reading frame (ORF), gene or allele which codes for the synthesis of a protein or an RNA, in each case a second, optionally third or fourth copy of this open reading frame (ORF), gene or allele at in each case a second, optionally third or fourth site in a form integrated into the chromosome and processes for the preparation of chemical compounds by fermentation of these bacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
    Inventors: BRIGITTE BATHE, CAROLINE KREUTZER, BETTINA MOCKEL, GEORG THIERBACH
  • Patent number: 7435584
    Abstract: The invention relates to L-lysine-producing strains of corynebacteria with enhanced lysE gene (lysine export carrier gene), in which strains additional genes chosen from the group comprising the dapA gene (dihydrodipicolinate synthase gene), the lysC gene (aspartate kinase gene), the dapB gene (dihydrodipicolinate reductase gene) and the pyc gene, but especially the dapA gene and the lysC gene (aspartate kinase gene), are enhanced and, in particular, over-expressed, and to a process for the preparation of L-lysine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Caroline Kruetzer, Stephan Hans, Mechthild Rieping, Bettina Mockel, Walter Pfefferle, Lothar Eggeling, Sahm Hermann, Miroslav Patek
  • Patent number: 7306939
    Abstract: The invention provides nucleotide sequences of the gpm gene which encode phosphoglycerate mutase, and fermentation processes for the preparation of amino acids, especially L-lysine, using corynebacteria wherein the gpm gene is amplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Bettina Möckel, Walter Pfefferle
  • Publication number: 20070122832
    Abstract: The invention relates to isolated polynucleotides comprising a polynucleotide sequence chosen from the group consisting of a) polynucleotide which is identical to the extent of at least 70% to a polynucleotide which codes for a polypeptide which comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 2, b) polynucleotide which codes for a polypeptide which comprises an amino acid sequence which is identical to the extent of at least 70% to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 2, c) polynucleotide which is complementary to the polynucleotides of a) or b), and d) polynucleotide comprising at least 15 successive nucleotides of the polynucleotide sequence of a), b) or c), and a process for the fermentative preparation of L-amino acids using coryneform bacteria in which at least the citA gene is present in attenuated form, and the use of polynucleotides which comprise the sequences according to the invention as hybridization probes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Bettina Mockel, Mike Farwick, Thomas Hermann, Achim Marx, Walter Pfefferle
  • Publication number: 20070111291
    Abstract: The invention relates to coryneform bacteria which have, in addition to at least one copy, present at the natural site (locus), of an open reading frame (ORF), gene or allele which codes for the synthesis of a protein or an RNA, in each case a second, optionally third or fourth copy of this open reading frame (ORF), gene or allele at in each case a second, optionally third or fourth site in a form integrated into the chromosome and processes for the preparation of chemical compounds by fermentation of these bacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Brigitte Bathe, Caroline Kreutzer, Bettina Mockel, Georg Thierbach
  • Patent number: 7205144
    Abstract: The invention related to an isolated nucleic acid consisting of a fragment of the polynucleotide of Corynebacterium glutamicum citA gene or a fragment of the full complement of the polynucleotide of the C. glutamicum citA gene wherein said fragment is at least 30 consecutive nucleotide in length, and the vector and host cell harboring these nucleic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Bettina Mockel, Mike Farwick, Thomas Hermann, Achim Marx, Walter Pfefferle
  • Patent number: 7205131
    Abstract: The invention relates to an isolated polynucleotide containing a polynucleotide sequence selected from the group comprising a) polynucleotide which is at least 70% identical to a polynucleotide which codes for a polypeptide containing the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID no. 2, b) polynucleotide which codes for a polypeptide containing an amino acid sequence which is at least 70% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID no.2, c) polynucleotide which is complementary to the polynucleotides of a) or b), and d) polynucleotide containing at least 15 successive nucleotides of the polynucleotide sequence of a), b) or c), and a process for the fermentative production of L-amino acids with enhancement of the ptsH gene coding for component H of the phosphotransferase system, and the use of the above polynucleotides as primer or hybridisation probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Mike Farwick, Bettina Möckel, Walter Pfefferle
  • Publication number: 20070054379
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to nucleotide sequences coding for phosphofructokinase which have been Corynebacterium glutamicum, and a process for the production of an L-amino acid comprising culturing a coryneform bacteria comprising an overexpressed pfk gene, wherein said pfk gene comprises a polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence which is at least 90% identical to the nucleotide of SEQ ID NO: 1 encoding a polypeptide having the enzymatic activity of a phosphofructokinase, accumulating said L-amino acid in the medium or in the cells of said bacterium, and isolated said L-amino acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Bettina Mockel, Walter Pfefferle
  • Publication number: 20070054380
    Abstract: The invention relates to L-lysine-producing strains of corynebacteria with enhanced lysE gene (lysine export carrier gene), in which strains additional genes chosen from the group comprising the dapA gene (dihydrodipicolinate synthase gene), the lysC gene (aspartate kinase gene), the dapB gene (dihydrodipicolinate reductase gene) and the pyc gene, but especially the dapA gene and the lysC gene (aspartate kinase gene), are enhanced and, in particular, over-expressed, and to a process for the preparation of L-lysine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Caroline Kreutzer, Stephan Hans, Mechthild Rieping, Bettina Mockel, Walter Pfefferle, Lothar Eggeling, Hermann Sahm, Miroslav Patek
  • Patent number: 7160711
    Abstract: The invention relates to coryneform bacteria which have, in addition to at least one copy, present at the natural site (locus), of an open reading frame (ORF), gene or allele which codes for the synthesis of a protein or an RNA, in each case a second, optionally third or fourth copy of this open reading frame (ORF), gene or allele at in each case a second, optionally third or fourth site in a form integrated into the chromosome and processes for the preparation of chemical compounds by fermentation of these bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Brigitte Bathe, Caroline Kreutzer, Bettina Mockel, Georg Thierbach
  • Patent number: 7132272
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated polynucleotide coding for the lrp gene and to a process for the fermentative production of L-amino acids by altering the expression of this gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Brigitte Bathe, Jörn Kalinowski, Alfred Pühler, Bettina Möckel, Walter Pfefferle
  • Patent number: 7118904
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to nucleotide sequences coding for a bacterial enolase enzyme. These sequences may be used in improved methods for the fermentative preparation of amino acids using coryneform bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Bettina Möckel, Walter Pfefferle, Thomas Hermann, Alfred Pühler, Jörn Kalinowski, Brigitte Bathe
  • Publication number: 20060205046
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an isolated polynucleotide comprising a polynucleotide sequence chosen from the group consisting of a) polynucleotide which is identical to the extent of at least 70% to a polynucleotide which codes for a polypeptide which comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, b) polynucleotide which codes for a polypeptide which comprises an amino acid sequence which is identical to the extent of at least 70% to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 c) polynucleotide which is complementary to the polynucleotides of a) and b) and d) polynucleotide comprising at least 15 successive nucleotides of the polynucleotide sequence of a), b) or c), and processes for the fermentative preparation of L-amino acid with amplification of the zwa1 gene in the coryneform bacteria employed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Bettina Mockel, Walter Pfefferle, Achim Marx, Jorn Kalinowski, Brigitte Bathe, Alfred Puhler