Patent ID: 7205131

Claim:
A process for the production of L-lysine comprising: culturing a coryneform bacterium in which there is overexpression of a polynucleotide selected from the group consisting of: i) a polynucleotide having the sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1; ii) a polynucleotide encoding a phosphocarrier component H polypeptide of a phosphotransferase system comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 95% identical to that of SEQ ID NO: 2; iii) a polynucleotide encoding the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2; iv) a polynucleotide having the sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 3; and v) a polynucleotide encoding the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 4; in a medium suitable for expression of said polynucleotide, wherein overexpression occurs by increasing the copy number of said polynucleotide or operatively linking said polynucleotide to a promoter.