Patent ID: 8962287
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: C12N,C12P

Abstract:
1. A method for producing scyllo-inositol, said method comprising culturing a scyllo-inositol-producing cell in a culture medium comprising myo-inositol under conditions sufficient to produce scyllo-inositol from myo-inositol, wherein said scyllo-inositol-producing cell has lost or has reduced scyllo-inositol dehydrogenase activity due to artificial disruption or mutation of a gene encoding a protein having scyllo-inositol dehydrogenase activity, wherein said protein having scyllo-inositol dehydrogenase activity is selected from the protein consisting of: (a) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2; (b) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence having deletions, substitutions, insertions, and/or additions of one to 20 amino acids in the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2; and (c) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence having 95% or more homology to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2.