US Patent Issued to CJ CHEILJEDANG on Oct. 6 for "O-acetyl homoserine-producing microorganism and method for producing o-acetyl homoserine or l-methionine using same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,382, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to CJ CHEILJEDANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"O-acetyl homoserine-producing microorganism and method for producing o-acetyl homoserine or l-methionine using same" was invented by Ju Eun Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Ye-Eun Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Jaemin Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a microorganism in which activity of a GNAT family N-acetyltransferase protein is weakened; a method for producing O-acetyl homoserine and L-methionine using the same; a composition for producing O-acetyl homoserine, the composition including the microorganism; and use of the micro...