Patent classifications
C
C12
C12Y
301/00
C12Y301/02
C12Y301/02027
C12Y301/02027
Production of fatty alcohols from engineered microorganisms
09650655
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2017-05-16
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Recombinant microorganisms are provided which have been engineered to produce fatty alcohols. Also provided are recombinant microorganisms which comprise a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a fatty alcohol reductase enzyme and an introduced polynucleotide encoding a -ketoacyl acyl carrier protein synthase.