Patent ID: 9556424
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A01H,C12N,C12P,C12Y,Y02P

Claim:
1. An isolated polypeptide of bacteria, the polypeptide having 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase (DXS) activity, wherein the polypeptide has at least 90% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 21, wherein the polypeptide has an amino acid at position 213 of SEQ ID NO: 21 that is substituted with an asparagine, and/or an amino acid at position 234 of SEQ ID NO: 21 that is substituted with a cysteine, and wherein the polypeptide has enhanced DXS activity and increases the production of terpene greater than a corresponding polypeptide not having said substitutions.