Patent ID: 9193978
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: C12N,C12P,C12Y

Abstract:
1. A method for producing an alkene from 3-hydroxyalkanoate comprising culturing under conditions to allow for the conversion of 3-hydroxyalkanoate to the alkene a recombinant microorganism or plant cell overexpressing a first and a second heterologous enzyme as compared to the unmodified microorganism or plant cell, wherein: (i) said first heterologous enzyme is a mevalonate diphosphate (MDP) decarboxylase and has an activity of converting the 3-hydroxyalkanoate into the corresponding 3-phosphonoxyalkanoate; and (ii) said second heterologous enzyme is a mevalonate diphosphate (MDP) decarboxylase and is different from the first heterologous enzyme and has an activity of converting said 3-phosphonoxyalkanoate into said alkene