US Patent Issued to Braskem on Dec. 2 for "Modulation of carbon flux through the meg and C3 pathways for the improved production of monoethylene glycol and C3 compounds" (Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,513, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Braskem S.A. (Sao Paulo).

"Modulation of carbon flux through the meg and C3 pathways for the improved production of monoethylene glycol and C3 compounds" was invented by Ane Fernanda Beraldi Zeidler (Campinas, Brazil), Beatriz Leite Magalhaes (Campinas, Brazil), Lucas Pedersen Parizzi (Campinas, Brazil) and Veronica Maria Rodege Gogola Kolling (Campinas, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides methods of modulating the flux of carbon through the monoethylene glycol (MEG) biosynthesis pathway and one or more C3 compound biosynthesis pathways by expressing enzymes that...