[EN] GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROORGANISMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BETA-GLUCANS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING BETA-GLUCANS<br/>[FR] MICROORGANISMES GÉNÉTIQUEMENT MODIFIÉS POUVANT PRODUIRE DES BÊTA-GLUCANES ET PROCÉDÉS POUR LA PRODUCTION DE BÊTA-GLUCANES
申请人:WINTERSHALL HOLDING GMBH
公开号:WO2014006088A1
公开(公告)日:2014-01-09
The present invention relates to genetically modified microorganisms capable of producing beta-glucans, characterized in that said genetically modified microorganism overexpresses (i) a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having 1,3-β-D-glucan synthase-activity, and/or (ii) a polypeptide having 1,3-β-glucan synthase-activity, compared to a corresponding non-modified control microorganism of the same strain. The present invention also relates to the use of a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having 1,3-β-D-glucan synthase-activity or the use of such a polypeptide for producing β-glucans. Furthermore, the present invention relates to methods for producing β-glucans comprising the introduction of a promoter upstream of a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having 1,3-β-D-glucan synthase-activity thereby increasing the expression of said polynucleotide, or a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having 1,3-β-D-glucan synthase-activity into a microorganism being able to synthesize β-glucans.