Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing L-methionine by fermentation using a bacterium belonging to the genus Pantoea which has been modified to overexpress the rarD gene or a mutant gene thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a basic L-amino acid such as, for example, L-ornithine L-citrulline, L-arginine, L-histidine, and L-lysine by fermentation using a bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae which has been modified to overexpress a gene encoding a protein having L-methionine/branched-chain amino acid exporter activity.

Abstract: A method is described for producing L-methionine by fermentation using a bacterium which has been modified to overexpress a 1st gene and a 2nd gene, such as genes having the nucleotide sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs: 1 and 3.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing L-methionine by fermentation using a bacterium belonging to the genus Pantoea which has been modified to overexpress the rarD gene or a mutant gene thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing L-cysteine, L-cystine, a derivative or precursor thereof or a mixture thereof using a bacterium of Enterobacteriaceae family which has been modified to have enhanced expression of the genes involved in the process of sulphur assimilation.

Abstract: A method for producing an L-amino acid, such as L-phenylalanine and L-threonine, is provided using an Escherichia bacterium, wherein the L-amino acid productivity of said bacterium is enhanced by enhancing the activity of the protein encoded by the yedA gene. A further method is provided for producing a lower alkyl ester of ?-L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine by producing L-phenylalanine by cultivating an Escherichia coli bacterium in a medium, wherein said bacterium has the ability to produce L-phenylalanine, and synthesizing the lower alkyl ester of ?-L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine from aspartic acid, or a derivative thereof, and the produced L-phenylalanine.

Abstract: A method for producing an L-amino acid, such as L-phenylalanine and L-threonine, is provided using an Escherichia bacterium, wherein the L-amino acid productivity of said bacterium is enhanced by enhancing the activity of the protein encoded by the yedA gene. A further method is provided for producing a lower alkyl ester of ?-L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine by producing L-phenylalanine by cultivating an Escherichia coli bacterium in a medium, wherein said bacterium has the ability to produce L-phenylalanine, and synthesizing the lower alkyl ester of ?-L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine from aspartic acid, or a derivative thereof, and the produced L-phenylalanine.

Abstract: O-acetylserine, L-cysteine and sulphurous compounds derived therefrom may be produced using a bacterium belonging to the genus Escherichia which harbors a mutant feedback-resistant serine acetyltransferases in which the amino acid sequence corresponding to positions from 89 to 96 in a wild-type serine acetyltransferase is replaced with any one of the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOS: 4 to 9, and feedback inhibition by L-cysteine in the bacterium is desensitized.

Abstract: A method for producing an L-amino acid, such as L-phenylalanine or L-threonine, is provided using a bacterium belonging to the genus Escherichia, wherein the L-amino acid productivity of said bacterium is enhanced by enhancing an activity of the protein encoded by the yedA gene.

Abstract: A method for producing an L-amino acid, such as L-phenylalanine, L-threonine is provided using bacterium belonging to the genus Escherichia wherein the L-amino acid productivity of said bacterium is enhanced by enhancing an activity of protein encoded by the yedA gene.