Patent ID: 7951565

Claim:
A process for the production of methionine, which comprises the following steps: a) reducing or deleting the expression of at least one nucleic acid molecule in a non-human organism, wherein the at least one nucleic acid molecule is selected from the group consisting of: i) a nucleic acid molecule encoding the polypeptide shown in SEQ ID NO: 152, ii) a nucleic acid molecule comprising the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 151, and iii) a nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide having at least 95% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 152, and b) growing the non-human organism under conditions which permit the production of methionine in said non-human organism, wherein the non-human organism is a microorganism or a plant, and wherein reducing or deleting the expression of said at least one nucleic acid molecule results in production of methionine.