This disclosure relates to the technical field of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. More particularly, this disclosure relates to the technical field of fermentation of metabolically engineered microorganisms. This disclosure describes engineered micro-organisms that produce oligosaccharides that are free of KDO-lactose impurities and/or KDO-oligosaccharide impurities.

The present invention relates to the field of production of novel biosurfactants. More specifically, the present invention relates to the efficient generation of short chained on-glycosides with less than 10%, preferably less than 1%, ω-1 glycosides using a fungal strain such as the yeast Starmerella bombicola having a dysfunctional CYP52M1 cytochrome P450 monooxygenase and a dysfunctional FAO1 fatty alcohol oxidase to produce high amounts of so-called unsaturated (symmetrical) α,ω-bola glycosides free from contaminating α,ω-1 bola glycosides, and subjecting said unsaturated (symmetrical) α,ω-bola glycosides to conditions inducing the breaking of the present double bond(s) such as for example through ozonolysis performed in water. More specifically, the present invention discloses the generation of (acetylated) C9:0 ω-sophoroside aldehydes, C9:0 ω-glucoside aldehydes, C9:0 ω-glucolipids, C9:0 ω-sophorolipids, C9:0 ω-sophoroside alcohols and C9:0 ω-glucoside alcohols and their further derivatives. The present invention also discloses methods to produce alkyl sophorosides in increased ratios.

The invention provides methods for making steviol glycosides, including RebM and glycosylation products that are minor products in stevia leaves, and provides enzymes, encoding polynucleotides, and host cells for use in these methods. The invention provides engineered enzymes and engineered host cells for producing steviol glycosylation products, such as RebM, at high purity and/or yield. The invention further provides methods of making products containing steviol glycosides, such as RebM, including food products, beverages, oral care products, sweeteners, and flavoring products.

The invention provides double knockout transgenic pigs (GT/CMAH-KO pigs) lacking expression of any functional αGAL and CMAH. Double knockout GT/CMAH-KO transgenic organs, tissues and cells are also provided. Methods of making and using the GT/CMAH-KO pigs and tissue are also provided.

Carrier proteins modified to incorporate one or more pilin glycotags and applications thereof for O-linked glycosylation are provided. In particular, a modified carrier protein comprising a carrier protein that comprises at least one GlycoTag, wherein the at least one GlycoTag is a Neisseria gonorrhoeae PglL GlycoTag (NgGlycoTag), Neisseria lactamica PglL GlycoTag (NlGlycoTag), or Neisseria shayeganii GlycoTag (NsGlycoTag), or combinations thereof is provided, together with nucleic acids and vectors encoding the modified carrier protein, host cells comprising these modofoed carrier proteins or nucleic acids encoding them, bioconjugates, methods of making bioconjugates and uses of the bioconjugates.

Recombinant microorganisms, plants, and plant cells are disclosed that have been engineered to express a zeaxanthin cleavage dioxygenase alone or in combination with recombinant genes encoding UDP-glycosyltransferases (UGTs). Such microorganisms, plants, or plant cells can produce compounds from saffron such as crocetin, crocetin dialdehyde, crocin, or picrocrocin.

A biological system for generating and preserving a repository of personalized, humanized transplantable cells, tissues, and organs for transplantation, wherein the biological system is biologically and metabolically active (living), the biological system comprising genetically reprogrammed proteins, cells, tissues, and/or organs in a non-human animal donor for transplantation into a human recipient, wherein the non-human animal donor is a genetically reprogrammed porcine donor for xenotransplantation of cells, tissue, and/or an organ isolated from the genetically reprogrammed porcine donor.

The present invention relates to polyclonal antibodies directed against at least one non-human biological pathogen, or against at least one molecule derived from said pathogen, towards a human or a non-human animal organism, wherein the said polyclonal antibodies are devoid of an antigenic determinant selected in a group comprising (i) N-glycolneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc) and/or (ii) a-1,3-galactose, and their use as a medicament.

The present invention provides engineered glycosyltransferase (GT) enzymes, polypeptides having GT activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The present invention provides engineered sucrose synthase (SuS) enzymes, polypeptides having SuS activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The present invention also provides compositions comprising the GT enzymes and methods of using the engineered GT enzymes to make products with β-glucose linkages. The present invention further provides compositions and methods for the production of rebaudiosides (e.g., rebaudioside M, rebaudioside A, rebaudioside I, and rebaudioside D). The present invention also provides compositions comprising the SuS enzymes and methods of using them. Methods for producing GT and SuS enzymes are also provided.

Provided herein are host cells capable of producing hybrid oligosaccharides and polysaccharides, wherein said hybrid oligosaccharides and polysaccharides do not comprise a hexose at the reducing end of their first repeat unit. Also provided herein are hybrid oligosaccharides or polysaccharides and bioconjugates which can be produced by the host cells described herein, wherein said bioconjugates comprise a carrier protein linked to a hybrid oligosaccharide or polysaccharide that does not comprise a hexose at the reducing end of its first repeat unit.