Patent ID: 8216820

Claim:
A transformant capable of producing isopropanol, which is constructed by transferring the following genes (a) to (d) into Corynebacterium glutamicum: (a) an exogenous gene which is a DNA comprising the base sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13 and encodes an enzyme having acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase activity; (b) an exogenous gene which is a DNA comprising the base sequence of SEQ ID NO: 14 and encodes an enzyme having acetoacetyl CoA:acetate CoA-transferase activity; (c) an exogenous gene which is a DNA comprising the base sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15 and encodes an enzyme having acetoacetate decarboxylase activity; and (d) an exogenous gene which is a DNA comprising the base sequence of SEQ ID NO: 16 and encodes an enzyme having isopropanol dehydrogenase activity.