Patents by Inventor You Ree Jung

You Ree Jung 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).

  • Method for producing 1,3-propanediol using microorganism variant with deletion of 2,3-butanediol synthetic gene
    Patent number: 9896701
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing 1,3-propanediol using a mutant microorganism lacking a 2,3-butanediol synthetic gene, and more particularly to a mutant microorganism wherein a gene encoding lactate dehydrogenase and a gene encoding an enzyme which is involved in 2,3-butanediol synthesis are deleted in a microorganism having the ability to produce 1,3-propanediol from glycerol and wherein a gene encoding pyruvate decarboxylase and a gene encoding aldehyde dehydrogenase are introduced or amplified, and to a method of promoting the production of 1,3-propanediol while inhibiting the production of 2,3-butanediol by using the mutant microorganism. The use of the glycerol-fermenting mutant microorganism according to the present invention can significantly increase the production of 1,3-propanediol while minimizing the production of 2,3-butanediol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Chul Ho Kim, Jeong-Woo Seo, Sun-Yeon Heo, Sung Mok Lee, Jang Min Park, Baek Rock Oh, You Ree Jung
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING 1,3-PROPANEDIOL USING MICROORGANISM VARIANT WITH DELETION OF 2,3-BUTANEDIOL SYNTHETIC GENE
    Publication number: 20170016032
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing 1,3-propanediol using a mutant microorganism lacking a 2,3-butanediol synthetic gene, and more particularly to a mutant microorganism wherein a gene encoding lactate dehydrogenase and a gene encoding an enzyme which is involved in 2,3-butanediol synthesis are deleted in a microorganism having the ability to produce 1,3-propanediol from glycerol and wherein a gene encoding pyruvate decarboxylase and a gene encoding aldehyde dehydrogenase are introduced or amplified, and to a method of promoting the production of 1,3-propanediol while inhibiting the production of 2,3-butanediol by using the mutant microorganism. The use of the glycerol-fermenting mutant microorganism according to the present invention can significantly increase the production of 1,3-propanediol while minimizing the production of 2,3-butanediol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Chul Ho Kim, Jeong-Woo Seo, Sun-Yeon Heo, Sung Mok Lee, Jang Min Park, Baek Rock Oh, You Ree Jung