Patent ID: 6102690
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: C12N,C12P,Y02E

Abstract:
A recombinant microorganism which expresses pyruvate decarboxylase, alcohol dehydrogenase, phospho-.beta.-glucosidase and (phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system) cellobiose-utilizing Enzyme II, wherein said phospho-.beta.-glucosidase and said (phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system) cellobiose-utilizing Enzyme II are heterologous to said microorganism, and said phospho-.beta.-glucosidase has the same amino acid sequence as or has an amino acid sequence with at least about 95% sequence homology in an amino acid alignment to Klebsiella oxytoca phospho-.beta.-glucosidase, and said (phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system) cellobiose-utilizing Enzyme II has the same amino acid sequence as or has an amino acid sequence with at least about 95% sequence homology in an amino acid alignment to Klebsiella oxytoca (phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system) cellobiose-utilizing Enzyme II.