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Recombinant microbial cells are provided which have been engineered to produce branched chain products such as branched fatty acid derivatives by the fatty acid biosynthetic pathway, and methods of making branched fatty acid derivatives using the recombinant microbial cells.
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Recombinant microbial cells are provided which have been engineered to produce fatty acid derivatives having linear chains containing an odd number of carbon atoms by the fatty acid biosynthetic pathway. Also provided are methods of making odd chain fatty acid derivatives using the recombinant microbial cells, and compositions comprising odd chain fatty acid derivatives produced by such methods.
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Polypeptides and domains of leptomycin polyketide synthase and the nucleic acids encoding them are provided. Methods to prepare leptomycin, leptomycin analogs, and leptomycin derivatives are described, as are methods to prepare other polyketides using the nucleic acids encoding leptomycin polyketide synthase domains or modifying enzymes.
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Streptomyces plasmids comprising a SCP2*-derived vector, lacking a specific 45 base pair sequence, have a higher copy number and can be used to increase gene expression in host cells. Such plasmids, encoding polyketide synthase genes, are useful for polyketide production in host cells.
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Compositions and methods for production of fatty alcohols using recombinant microorganisms are provided as well as fatty alcohol compositions produced by such methods.
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Disclosed herein are various embodiments regarding the production of fatty acid methyl esters. Disclosed herein are various embodiments regarding the use of methanol compositions for the production of fatty esters.
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Genetically engineered microorganisms are provided that produce products from the fatty acid biosynthetic pathway (fatty acid derivatives), as well as methods of their use.
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Disclosed is a method using an alkane response element (ARE) from, e.g., Acinetobacter spp. to (i) identify and clone hydrocarbon biosynthesis genes, (ii) identify and clone hydrocarbon transporter genes (iii) identify and clone hydrocarbon response genes. Screening cells were developed that expressed a transcriptional activator, e.g., alkR, and included a reporter gene, e.g., GFP operatively linked to an ARE promoter, e.g., the alkM promoter. The cells were transformed with libraries from organisms capable of hydrocarbon biosynthesis. Transformed cells that expressed the reporter gene harbored library-derived genes involved in one or more of the above-mentioned processes; and these genes were isolated from the cells using standard molecular biology techniques. Additional systems were designed wherein screening cells also expressed a gene identified in the original screen, e.g., an additional hydrocarbon pathway gene, e.g., an enhancer.