Production of lysergic acid by genetic modification of a fungus
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Aug 6, 2019
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Dec 28, 2017
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Sep 11, 2017
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The present invention provides a method of producing lysergic acid and other ergot alkaloids by genetic modification of a fungus. A strain of fungus comprising Aspergillus fumigatus (A. fumigatus) or any fungus having a pathway similar to Aspergillus fumigatus and expressing one or more genes of the ergot alkaloid biosynthesis pathway from one or more fungus selected from the group consisting of Epichloë festucae var. lolii×Epichloë typhina isolate Lp1 (E. sp. Lp1); Claviceps species; Claviceps africana (C. africana); Claviceps gigantea (C. gigantea); Epichloë coenophiala and Periglandula species, wherein gene easA or gene easM is inactivated in said A. fumigatus or said fungus having a pathway similar to Aspergillus fumigatus, is provided.
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