GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROORGANISM AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR ALIPHATIC POLYESTER USING SAME

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EP 2 551 349 A8

(12)	CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
	published in accordance with Art. 153(4) EPC

(15)	Correction information:
	Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48)	Corrigendum issued on:
	27.03.2013 Bulletin 2013/13

(43)	Date of publication:
	30.01.2013 Bulletin 2013/05

(21)	Application number: 11759476.2

(22)	Date of filing: 24.03.2011

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

C12P 7/62^(2006.01)
C12N 1/19^(2006.01)
C12N 5/10^(2006.01)

C12N 1/15^(2006.01)
C12N 1/21^(2006.01)
C12N 15/09^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/JP2011/057077

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2011/118671 (29.09.2011 Gazette 2011/39)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

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Priority:

25.03.2010 JP 2010069688

(71)	Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
	Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, 471-8571 (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	MURAMATSU Masayoshi Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, 471-8571 (JP) KAMBE Hiromi Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, 471-8571 (JP) ITO Masakazu Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, 471-8571 (JP) SHIMAMURA Takashi Aichi-gun Aichi 480-1192 (JP) KOHDA Katsunori Aichi-gun Aichi 480-1192 (JP)

(74)	Representative: Kuhnen & Wacker
	Patent- und Rechtsanwaltsbüro Prinz-Ludwig-Strasse 40A 85354 Freising 85354 Freising (DE)

(54)	GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROORGANISM AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR ALIPHATIC POLYESTER USING SAME

(57) Aliphatic polyester productivity is improved for production of aliphatic polyester using a recombinant microorganism. A recombinant microorganism prepared by introducing a gene encoding a protein having activity of converting lactic acid to lactic-acid CoA and a gene encoding a protein having activity of synthesizing polyhydroxyalkanoate using hydroxyacyl CoA as a substrate into a host microorganism is cultured and then aliphatic polyester is recovered from the medium.