US Patent Issued to DANISCO US on Nov. 3 for "Reduction in acetate production by yeast over-expressing MIG3" (Pennsylvania, California, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,248, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to DANISCO US INC. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Reduction in acetate production by yeast over-expressing MIG3" was invented by Min Qi (Hockessin, Del.), Quinn Qun Zhu (West Chester, Pa.) and Jamie Yehong Wang (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are compositions and methods relating to modified yeast that over-express MIG transcriptional regulator polypeptides. The yeast produces a deceased amount of acetate compared to parental cells. Such yeast is particularly useful for large-scale ethanol production from starch substrates where acetate in an undesirable end product."

The patent ...