Patent ID: 7074608
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: C12N,C12P,C12Y

Abstract:
1. A recombinant E. coli strain transformed with: (a) at least one copy of an exogenous gene encoding an enzyme having a glycerol dehydratase activity, whereby the glycerol dehydratase activity is expressed, and wherein said gene comprises the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:5 or SEQ ID NO:6; (b) at least one copy of an exogenous gene encoding a protein having a 1,3-propanediol oxidoreductase activity, wherein said gene comprises the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:7; and (c) at least one copy of a gene encoding a protein having a cob(I)alamin adenosyltransferase activity whereby cob(I)alamin adenosyltransferase activity is increased and, wherein said gene comprises the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, or SEQ ID NO:3.