Patent 7192748 was granted and assigned to AJINOMOTO CO., INC. on March, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention provides polypeptides and polynucleotides involved in C1 assimilation in Methylophilus methylotrophus and methods of producing amino acids in microorganisms having enhanced or attenuated expression of these polypeptides and/or polynucleotides.