OLIVETOL SYNTHASE VARIANTS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF OLIVETOLIC ACID AND ITS ANALOG COMPOUNDS

• Main Authors: Li, Jingyi, Noble, Michael A, Komor, Russell Scott
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.06.2022
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; VINEGAR; WINE

Described herein are non-natural olivetol synthase (OLS) variants, nucleic acids, engineered cells, method s for preparing cannabinoids, and compositions thereof. The non-natural olivetol OLS variants form desired cannabinoid precursor and products at increased rates, have higher affinity for pathway substrates, and/or byproducts are formed in lower amounts in their presence, as compared to wild type OLS. The OLS variants can be used to form linear polyketides, and can be expressed in an engineered cell having a pathway to form cannabinoids, which include CBGA, its analogs and derivatives. CBGA can be used for the preparation of cannabigerol (CBG), which can be used in therapeutic compositions.