Patent 7718414 was granted and assigned to CJ CheilJedang on May, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Provided is a microorganism that belongs to Enterobacteriacae and a method of producing L-carnitine using the same. The microorganism includes polynucleotide encoding activity of S-adenosylmethionine-6-N-iysine methyltransferase from Neurospora crassa, polynucleotide encoding activity of 6-N-trimethyllysine hydroxylase, polynucleotide encoding activity of 3-hydroxy-6-N-trimethyllysine aldolase, and polynucleotide encoding activity of γ-trimethylaminoaldehyde dehydrogenase and y-butyrobetaine hydroxylase.