Terpene synthases for biofuel production and methods thereof

DWPI Title: Treating a biomass, comprises exposing the biomass to organism of isolated, genetically engineered organism, and isolating terpenoid compound
Abstract: The present invention relates to terpene synthases capable of degrading precursors into biofuel compounds, such as terpenoid compounds. In one instance, a transformed organism can include such terpene synthases, as well as vectors encoding such synthases. Methods of employing such synthases and organisms are also described herein.
Use: The method is useful for treating a biomass.
Advantage: The method produces high energy density fuels.
Novelty: Treating a biomass, comprises: exposing the biomass to at least one organism of an isolated, genetically engineered organism; and isolating at least one terpenoid compound. The organism comprises: an exogenous terpenoid precursor, an exogenous enzyme configured to synthesize a terpenoid precursor, or a nucleic acid encoding the exogenous enzyme; and an exogenous terpene synthase or a nucleic acid encoding the exogenous terpene synthase. The exogenous terpene synthase is a pinene synthase, a guaiene synthase, a pinene and guaiene synthase, a caryophyllene synthase, a chamigrene synthase, a chamigrene and pinene synthase, a gurjunene synthase, a gurjunene and pinene synthase, a gumunene synthase, a selinene synthase, and an isoledene synthase, or a bifunctional synthase.
Filed: 7/15/2019
Application Number: US16512072A
Tech ID: SD 13315.2
This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention.
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