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WO 2014/152434 A2 25 September 2014 (25.09.2014) P O P C T (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date WO 2014/152434 A2 25 September 2014 (25.09.2014) P O P C T (51) International Patent Classification: (74) Agents: HEBERT, Michael, L. et al; Jones Day, 222 East A61B 17/70 (2006.01) 41st Street, New York, NY 10017-6702 (US). (21) International Application Number: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every PCT/US2014/027337 kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, (22) International Filing Date: BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, 14 March 2014 (14.03.2014) DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, (25) Filing Language: English HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KN, KP, KR, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LT, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, (26) Publication Language: English MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, (30) Priority Data: OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, 61/799,255 15 March 2013 (15.03.2013) US SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, 61/857,174 22 July 2013 (22.07.2013) US TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, 61/876,610 11 September 2013 ( 11.09.2013) us ZW. 61/945,082 26 February 2014 (26.02.2014) us (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every 61/945,109 26 February 2014 (26.02.2014) us kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, (71) Applicant: GENOMATICA, INC. [US/US]; 4757 Nexus GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, SZ, TZ, Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92121 (US). UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, (72) Inventors: BURGARD, Anthony, P.; 4757 Nexus Center EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, ΓΓ, LT, LU, LV, Drive, San Diego, CA 92121 (US). OSTERHOUT, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, Robin, E.; 4757 Nexus Center Drive, San Diego, CA TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, 9212 1 (US). PHARKYA, Priti; 4757 Nexus Center Drive, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). San Diego, CA 92121 (US). ANDRAE, Stefan; 4757 Nex us Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92121 (US). LIS, Ewa, Published: T.; 4757 Nexus Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92121 (US). — without international search report and to be republished RISSO, Carla; 4757 Nexus Center Drive, San Diego, CA upon receipt of that report (Rule 48.2(g)) 9212 1 (US). TRAWICK, John, D.; 4757 Nexus Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92121 (US). (54) Title: MICROORGANISMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING BUTADIENE AND RELATED COMPOUNDS BY FORMATE ASSIMILATION < MALCOA AE^ C OT /^AF (57) Abstract: Provided herein are non-naturally occurring microbial organisms having a FaldFP, a FAP and/or metabolic modifica- tions which can further include a MMP, a MOP, a hydrogenase and/or a CODH. These microbial organisms can further include a butadiene, 13BDO, CrotOH, MVC or 3-buten-l-ol pathway. Additionally provided are methods of using such microbial organisms to produce butadiene, 13BDO, CrotOH, MVC or 3-buten-l-ol. MICROORGANISMSAND METHODS FOR PRODUCING BUTADIENEAND RELATED COMPOUNDS BY FORMATE ASSIMILATION CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the benefit of priority of United States provisional application serial No. 61/945, 109, filed February 26, 2014, United States provisional application serial No. 61/945,082, filed February 26, 2014, United States provisional application serial No. 61/876,610, filed September 11, 2013, United States provisional application serial No. 61/857, 174, filed July 22, 2013, United States provisional application serial No. 61/799,255, filed March 15, 2013, the entire contents of which are each incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates generally to metabolic and biosynthetic processes and microbial organisms capable of producing organic compounds, and more specifically to non-naturally occurring microbial organisms having a formate assimilation pathway and an organic compound pathway, such as butadiene, 1,3-butanediol, crotyl alcohol, 3- buten-2-ol or 3-buten-1-ol. Over 25 billion pounds of butadiene ( 1,3-butadiene, "BD") are produced annually and is applied in the manufacture of polymers such as synthetic rubbers and ABS resins, and chemicals such as hexamethylenediamine and 1,4-butanediol. For example, butadiene can be reacted with numerous other chemicals, such as other alkenes, e.g. styrene, to manufacture numerous copolymers, e.g. acrylonitrile 1,3-butadiene styrene (ABS), styrene-l,3-butadiene (SBR) rubber, styrene-1,3-butadiene latex. These materials are used in rubber, plastic, insulation, fiberglass, pipes, automobile and boat parts, food containers, and carpet backing. Butadiene is typically produced as a by-product of the steam cracking process for conversion of petroleum feedstocks such as naphtha, liquefied petroleum gas, ethane or natural gas to ethylene and other olefins. The ability to manufacture butadiene from alternative and/or renewable feedstocks would represent a major advance in the quest for more sustainable chemical production processes. One possible way to produce butadiene renewably involves fermentation of sugars or other feedstocks to produce diols, such as 1,4-butanediol or 1,3-butanediol, which are separated, purified, and then dehydrated to butadiene in a second step involving metal-based catalysis. Direct fermentative production of butadiene from renewable feedstocks would obviate the need for dehydration steps and butadiene gas (bp -4.4°C) would be continuously emitted from the fermenter and readily condensed and collected. Developing a fermentative production process would eliminate the need for fossil-based butadiene and would allow substantial savings in cost, energy, and harmful waste and emissions relative to petrochemically-derived butadiene. 1,3-butanediol ( 1,3-BDO or 13BDO) is a four carbon diol traditionally produced from acetylene via its hydration. The resulting acetaldehyde is then converted to 3-hydroxybutyraldehdye which is subsequently reduced to form 1,3-BDO. In more recent years, acetylene has been replaced by the less expensive ethylene as a source of acetaldehyde. 1,3-BDO is commonly used as an organic solvent for food flavoring agents. It is also used as a co- monomer for polyurethane and polyester resins and is widely employed as a hypoglycaemic agent. Optically active 1,3-BDO is a useful starting material for the synthesis of biologically active compounds and liquid crystals. A commercial use of 13BDO is subsequent dehydration to afford 1,3-butadiene (Ichikawa etal., J. of Molecular Catalysis A-Chemical, 256: 106-112 (2006); Ichikawa et al., J. of Molecular CatalysisA-Chemical, 231:181- 189 (2005)), a 25 billion lb/yr petrochemical used to manufacture synthetic rubbers (e.g., tires), latex, and resins. The reliance on petroleum based feedstocks for either acetylene or ethylene warrants the development of a renewable feedstock based route to 13BDO and to butadiene. Crotyl alcohol ("CrotOH"), also referred to as 2-buten-l-ol, is a valuable chemical intermediate. It serves as a precursor to crotyl halides, esters, and ethers, which in turn are chemical intermediates in the production of monomers, fine chemicals, agricultural chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. Exemplary fine chemical products include sorbic acid, trimethylhydroquinone, crotonic acid and 3-methoxybutanol. CrotOH is also a precursor to 1,3-butadiene. CrotOH is currently produced exclusively from petroleum feedstocks. For example Japanese Patent 47-013009 and U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,090,8 15, 3,090,8 16, and 3,542,883 describe a method of producing CrotOH by isomerization of 1,2-epoxybutane. The ability to manufacture CrotOH from alternative and/or renewable feedstocks would represent a major advance in the quest for more sustainable chemical production processes. 3-Buten-2-ol (also referenced to as methyl vinyl carbinol ("MVC")) is an intermediate that can be used to produce butadiene. There are significant advantages to use of MVC over 1,3-BDO because there are fewer separation steps and only one dehydration step. MVC can also be used as a solvent, a monomer for polymer production, or a precursor to fine chemicals Accordingly, the ability to manufacture MVC from alternative and/or renewable feedstock would again present a significant advantage for sustainable chemical production processes. 3-Buten-1-ol is a raw material used in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, perfumes and resins. The palladium- catalyzed coupling of 3-buten-1-ol with aryl halides is a valuable process for the preparation of aryl-substituted aldehydes such as, for example, the antifolate compound Pemetrexed disodium (R. C. Larock et al., Tetrahedron Letters, 30, 6629 ( 1989) and U.S. Pat. No. 6,262,262). 3-Buten-1-ol is commonly prepared from propylene and formaldehyde in the presence of a catalyst at high temperature and pressure. Alternately, it is prepared from 3,4-epoxy- 1-butene. Preparation of 3-buten-l-ol from renewable feedstocks would provide a valuable alternative to existing production techniques. Thus, there exists a need for alternative methods for effectivelyproducing commercial quantities of compounds such as butadiene, 13BDO, CrotOH, MVC or 3-buten-l-ol. The present invention satisfies this need and provides related advantages as well. SUMMARY OF INVENTION I one embodiment, provided herein is a non-naturally occurring microbial organism having a formaldehyde fixation pathway ("FaldFP") and a formate assimilation pathway ('TAP"), wherein the organism includes at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding a FaldFP enzyme disclosed herein that is expressed in a sufficient amount to produce pyruvate, and wherein the organism includes at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding a FAP enzyme disclosed herein that is expressed in a sufficient amount to produce formaldehyde, pyruvate or acetyl-CoA.
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