The present invention relates to a method for producing a recombinant polypeptide of interest in a microbial host cell, comprising (a) introducing a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide of interest into a microbial host cell which has been modified such that an enzymatic activity selected from the group consisting of ketol-acid reductoisomerase (NADP(+)) activity (EC 1.1.1.86), acetohydroxyacid synthase activity (EC 2.2.1.6), aspartate kinase activity (EC 2.7.2.4), homoserine dehydrogenase activity (EC 1.1.1.3), and L-threonine dehydratase activity (EC 4.3.1.19) is modulated in said microbial host cell as compared to the enzymatic activity in an unmodified microbial host cell, and (b) expressing said polypeptide of interest in said microbial host cell. Moreover, the present invention relates to a method for reducing misincorporation of at least one non-canonical branched-chain amino acid into a recombinant polypeptide of interest expressed in a microbial host cell.

Provided are variants of the Camelina sativa acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) enzyme that provide camelina plants with increased tolerance to Group 2 herbicides, such as for example thifensulfuron-methyl. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the variant AHAS enzymes, and plants, plant parts, seeds and cells containing the variant polynucleotides and polypeptides. Uses of the plants and seeds are also disclosed, such as for producing progeny, for growing plants in a field, or for introgression of the herbicide resistance trait into another camelina variety.

The present disclosure relates to a novel acetohydroxy acid synthase, a microorganism comprising the same, or a method for producing an L-branched-chain amino acid using the same.

Genetically modified microorganisms that have the ability to convert carbon substrates into chemical products such as 2,3-BDO are disclosed. For example, genetically modified methanotrophs that are capable of generating 2,3-BDO at high titers from a methane source are disclosed. Methods of making these genetically modified microorganisms and methods of using them are also disclosed.

The present disclosure relates to a novel acetohydroxy acid synthase, a microorganism comprising the same, or a method for producing an L-branched-chain amino acid using the same.

Non-naturally occurring Zymomonas strains useful for the production of 2,3-butanediol are provided.

Multi-carbon compounds such as ethanol, n-butanol, sec-butanol, isobutanol, tert-butanol, fatty (or aliphatic long chain) alcohols, fatty acid methyl esters, 2,3-butanediol and the like, are important industrial commodity chemicals with a variety of applications. The present invention provides metabolically engineered host microorganisms which metabolize methane (CH.sub.4) as their sole carbon source to produce multi-carbon compounds for use in fuels (e.g., bio-fuel, bio-diesel) and bio-based chemicals. Furthermore, use of the metabolically engineered host microorganisms of the invention (which utilize methane as the sole carbon source) mitigate current industry practices and methods of producing multi-carbon compounds from petroleum or petroleum-derived feedstocks, and ameliorate much of the ongoing depletion of arable food source “farmland” currently being diverted to grow bio-fuel feedstocks, and as such, improve the environmental footprint of future bio-fuel, bio-diesel and bio-based chemical compositions.

It discloses a rice ALS mutant protein, a mutant gene, and uses thereof, wherein a mutation corresponding to an amino acid at position 628 of the amino acid sequence of the rice ALS is present in the amino acid sequence of the rice ALS protein. The present invention further discloses a breeding method for creating herbicide resistant rice using gene editing. The present invention uses CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology for the first time to edit ALS genes. Through the screening of offspring, a new T-DNA free variety having herbicide resistance stably inherited can be obtained in the T.sub.2 generation, and the basic agronomic characteristics of the new variety have no obvious change.

The present invention belongs to the field of plant genetic engineering. Specifically, the invention relates to a method for creating novel herbicide resistant plants by base editing techniques and a method for screening endogenous gene mutation sites capable of conferring herbicide resistance in plants. The invention also relates to the use of the identified endogenous gene mutantation sites in crop breeding.

The invention relates to a 2-isopropyl malate synthase, a genetically engineered bacterium for producing L-leucine and application thereof and belongs to the field of metabolic engineering. The genetically engineered bacterium is obtained by overexpressing an isopropyl malate synthase coding gene leuA.sup.M for relieving feedback inhibition by L-leucine, an acetohydroxy acid synthase coding gene ilvBN.sup.M for relieving feedback inhibition by L-isoleucine, a 3-isopropyl malate dehydrogenase coding gene leuB and a 3-isopropyl malate dehydratase coding gene leuCD in host cells. The genetically engineered bacterium for producing the L-leucine is free from nutritional deficiency, rapid in growth, short in fermentation period, high in yield and high in conversion rate.