Patent ID: 9045787
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: C08F,C12N,C12P,Y02P

Abstract:
1. An isolated cell comprising an expression construct for expression of a heterologous nucleotide sequence encoding an oxidoreductase having an amino acid sequence with at least 95% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, wherein, said expression construct is expressible in said cell and expression thereof of said oxidoreductase confers to or increases in the cell the ability to oxidize at least one of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furancarboxylic acid (HMF acid) to 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), as compared to a corresponding wild type cell lacking the expression construct.