Patent ID: 9200298
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: C12N,C12P

Abstract:
1. A method for producing an isoprenyl alkanoate in a genetically modified host cell, the method comprising: (a) culturing a genetically modified host cell, wherein the genetically modified host cell comprises (i) an enzyme capable of catalyzing the esterification of a isoprenol and a straight-chain fatty acid, and (ii) one or more nucleic acid constructs encoding an isoprenyl pyrophosphate synthase and a pyrophosphase that is capable of hydrolyzing an isoprenyl diphosphate to an alcohol, such that the culturing results in the genetically modified host cell producing an isoprenyl alkanoate; wherein the isoprenyl alkanoate is one selected from the group consisting of isoprenyl acetate, isoprenyl butyrate, isoprenyl hexanoate, isoprenyl octanoate, and isoprenyl decanoate.