Patent ID: 8623619
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: C07K,C12P

Abstract:
1. A process for producing an L-amino acid which comprises: (a) culturing, in a medium, a modified microorganism having L-amino acid transport activity and having a protein activity, wherein the protein is (1) a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, or 6 or (2) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence having 95% or more homology to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, or 6 and having L-amino acid transport activity, and wherein the protein activity is higher than that of the parent strain of the modified microorganism in the medium, (b) producing and accumulating the L-amino acid in the medium, and (c) collecting the L-amino acid from the medium.