Abstract: The present invention relates lo an isolated polynucleotide from Corynebacterium glutamicum comprising a polynucleotide sequence chosen from the group c insisting of (a) 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) a 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) a polynucleotide which is complementary to the polynucleotides of(a) or (b), and (d) a 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 sigE gene is present in enhanced form, and the use of polynucleotides which comprise the sequence according to the invention as hybridization probes.

Abstract: An isolated polynucleotide which contains a polynucleotide sequence selected from the group comprising: (a) a polynucleotide which is at least 70% identical to a polynucleotide coding for a polypeptide containing the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 2, (b) a polynucleotide coding 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) a polynucleotide which is complementary to the polynucleotides of (a) or (b), and (d) a polynucleotide containing at least 15 consecutive nucleotides of the polynucleotide sequence of (a), (b) or (c), and a fermentation process for the preparation of L-amino acids using corynebacteria in which at least the pknB gene is amplified, and to the use, as hybridization probes, of polynucleotides containing the sequences according to the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polynucleotides corresponding to the lysR1 gene and which encode a LysR1 transcriptional regulator, methods of producing L-amino acids, and methods of screening for polynucleotides which encode proteins having LysR1 transcriptional regulator activity.

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.

Abstract: The invention relates to an isolated polynucleotide from Corynebacterium glutamicum having a polynucleotide sequence which codes for the sigD gene, and a host-vector system having a coryneform host bacterium in which the sigD gene is present in enhanced form and a vector which carries at least the sigD gene according to SEQ ID No: 1, and the use of polynucleotides which comprise the sequences according to the invention as hybridization probes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of L-amino acids, especially L-threonine, in which the following steps are carried out: a) fermentation of microorganisms of the family Enterobacteriaceae which produce the desired L-amino acid and in which at least one or more genes selected from the group comprising lpd, aceE and aceF, or nucleotide sequences coding therefor, is (are) enhanced and, in particular, overexpressed, b) enrichment of the desired L-amino acid in the medium or in the cells of the bacteria, and c) isolation of the desired L-amino acid.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of L-amino acids, especially L-threonine, in which the following steps are carried out: a) fermentation of microorganisms of the family Enterobacteriaceae which produce the desired L-amino acid and in which the mglB gene, or nucleotide sequences coding therefor, is (are) enhanced and, in particular, overexpressed, b) enrichment of the desired L-amino acid in the medium or in the cells of the bacteria, and c) isolation of the desired L-amino acid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polynucleotides corresponding to the lysR1 gene and which encode a LysR1 transcriptional regulator, methods of producing L-amino acids, and methods of screening for polynucleotides which encode proteins having LysR3 transcriptional regulator activity.

Abstract: The invention relates to 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) 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 mikE17 gene is present in attenuated form, and the use of polynucleotides which comprise the sequences according to the invention as hybridization probes.

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.

Abstract: The present invention is related to nucleotide sequences encoding a sensor kinse, citA, from Corynebacterium glutamicum.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of L-amino acids by fermentation of recombinant microorganisms of the Enterobacteriaceae family, wherein

Abstract: Nucleotide sequences from coryneform bacteria which code for the cysD, cysN, cysK, cysE and cysH genes and a process for the fermentative preparation of amino acids using bacteria in which the genes mentioned are enhanced, a process for the fermentative preparation of L-amino acids using coryneform bacteria in which at least the cysD gene, the cysN gene, the cysK gene, the cysE gene and/or the cysH gene is present in enhanced form, and the use of polynucleotides which contain the sequences according to the invention as hybridization probes and a process for the preparation of an L-methionine-containing animal feedstuffs additive from fermentation broths.

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.

Abstract: The invention relates to polynucleotides corresponding to the ccpA2 gene and which encode a CcpA2 catabolite control protein, methods of producing L-amino acids, and methods of screening for polynucleotides which encode proteins having CcpA2 catabolite control activity.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation and improvement of D-pantothenic acid-producing microorganisms by amplification of nucleotide sequences which code for ketopantoate reductase, in particular the panE gene, individually or in combination with one another, and optionally additionally of the ilvC gene, the microorganisms containing these nucleotide sequences, and a process for the preparation of D-pantothenic acid comprising fermentation of these microorganisms, concentration of pantothenic acid in the medium or in the cells of the microorganisms, and isolation of the D-pantothenic acid.

Abstract: The invention provides nucleotide sequences from Coryneform bacteria which code for the RodA protein and a process for the fermentative preparation of amino acids using bacteria in which the rodA gene is enhanced.

Abstract: An isolated polynucleotide comprising a polynucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of a) polynucleotide which is at least 70% identical to a polynucleotide that codes for a polypeptide which comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 2, b) polynucleotide which codes for a polypeptide that comprises 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 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 sahH gene is present in enhanced form, and the use of polynucleotides which contain the sequences according to the invention as hybridization probes.

Abstract: The invention relates to an isolated polynucleotide having a polynucleotide sequence which codes for the sigH gene, and a host-vector system having a coryneform host bacterium in which the sigH gene is present in attenuated form and a vector which carries at least the sigH gene according to SEQ ID No 1, and the use of polynucleotides which comprise the sequences according to the invention as hybridization probes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of L-amino acids by the fermentation of coryneform bacteria in which the gene which codes for the malate enzyme is attenuated. Optionally, genes of the biosynthesis pathway of the desired L-amino acid may be enhanced in the bacteria or metabolic pathways which reduce the formation of the desired L-amino acid may be diminished.