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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183017 | Method of producing L-lysine The ability and speed with which a coryneform bacterium can produce L-lysine are improved when the coryneform bacterium contains an aspartokinase in which feedback inhibition by L-lysine and L-threonine is substantially desensitized. This is accomplished by successi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8178322 | Method for producing an L-amino acid or a nucleic acid A method is described for producing an L-amino acid or a nucleic acid by culturing a microorganism having an ability to produce the L-amino acid or nucleic acid in a liquid medium in a fermentation tank containing a stirring impeller, and optionally adding seed crys... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8173605 | Kokumi-imparting agent The present invention encompasses a method for screening for a kokumi-imparting substance by using the calcium receptor activity as an index, a composition containing a kokumi-imparting substance obtained by the screening method, a method for producing food or drink... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173192 | W1/O/W2 type composite emulsified dressing and method for preparing the same The invention provides a W1/O/W2 type composite emulsified dressing characterized in that it comprises a polyglycerol polyricinoleate having a degree of esterification of 10-30% and a degree of ricinoleic acid-condensation of 5-8 and that it has a viscosity of 1,000... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8168827 | Amide derivative Amide derivatives represented by the formula (I): wherein: A is a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or a heteroaryl group; X is a nitrogen atom or CR17; Y is —NRa-, —(CRbRb′)m-, and th... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168669 | Therapeutic agent for inflammatory bowel disease and TNF-α production inhibitor Disclosed is an agent for use in the treatment or prevention of inflammatory bowel disease. Also disclosed is an agent for inhibiting the production of TNF-α. A therapeutic or prophylactic agent for inflammatory bowel disease comprising at least one amino acid sele... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8137938 | Method for producing an L-amino acid An L-amino acid is produced by culturing a bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae, which is able to produce the L-amino acid, and is modified so that the activity of ribonuclease G is decreased in a medium containing glycerol as the carbon source, and ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8129151 | L-glutamic acid-producing bacterium and method for producing L-glutamic acid L-Glutamic acid is produced by culturing in a liquid culture medium a microorganism belonging to the genus Pantoea or Serratia and having an ability to produce L-glutamic acid, which increases in an activity of enzyme catalyzing a reaction for L-glutam... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8118158 | Sealed storage bag of multiple compartment structure A sealed storage bag of multiple compartment structure, wherein a separated condition of compartments is needed until just before the use, such as an infusion bag of a mixing type of two kinds of liquid or a bag for cooked storage food with flavoring materials. A se... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8114651 | Method for producing 4-hydroxy-L-isoleucine A highly active L-isoleucine dioxygenase from Bacillus thuringiensis is provided. A method for manufacturing (2S,3R,4S)-4-hydroxy-L-isoleucine or a salt thereof by reacting L-isoleucine in an aqueous solvent in the presence of L-isoleucine dioxygenase and iso... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114649 | L-cysteine producing microorganism and a method for producing L-cysteine L-cysteine is produced by culturing an Escherichia bacterium having L-cysteine producing ability and containing a gene encoding an O-acetylserine sulphydrylase B or MalY regulatory protein that is modified so that cysteine desulfhydrase activity is reduced or... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114639 | Method for producing an L-amino acid using a bacterium of the enterobacteriaceae family with attenuated expression of the sfmACDFH-fimZ cluster or the fimZ gene The present invention provides a method for producing an L-amino acid using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, particularly a bacterium belonging to genus Escherichia or Pantoea, which has been modified to attenuate expression of the sfmACDF... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114450 | Method of improving properties of starch-containing food and property-improving agent A method of improving the quality of a starch-containing food and a method of suppressing the retrogradation of a starch-containing food by adding an enzyme having a glycosyl transfer activity, whereby an α-1,4 bond is converted into an α-1,6 bond, to the starch-c... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110381 | L-glutamic acid-producing bacterium and method for production of L-glutamic acid A method for producing L-glutamic acid by culturing a coryneform bacterium in which the gluX is inactivated in a medium to produce L-glutamic acid in the medium or cells, and collecting L-glutamic acid from the medium. ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8106020 | Calcium receptor activator A calcium receptor activator and compositions containing at least one of the following: γ-Glu-Cys-Gly, γ-Glu-Cys(SNO)-Gly, γ-Glu-Ala, γ-Glu-Gly, γ-Glu-Cys, γ-Glu-Met, γ-Glu-Thr, γ-Glu-Val, γ-Glu-Orn, Asp-Gly, Cys-Gly, Cys-Met, Glu-Cys, Gly-Cys, Leu-Asp, D-C... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105802 | Method of producing microbial transglutaminase The present invention provides a neutral metalloprotease from actinomycetes which selectively cleaves a pro-structure part of a microbial protransglutaminase and a gene encoding said neutral metalloprotease. An active microbial transglutaminase having the pro-struct... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8101162 | Hair growth composition The present invention provides a hair growth agent having novel action mechanism and a hair growth composition containing the agent. Specifically, the present invention provides a novel hair growth composition containing one or more kinds of epsilon-N-(gamma-glutamy... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8093346 | Method for producing an aminohydroxybenzoic acid-type compound Provided is a method for efficiently producing a 3-amino-4-hydroxybenzoic acid-type compound by culturing a coryneform bacterium that has a gene encoding a mutated aspartokinase not subject to feedback inhibition, and that is transformed with a recombinant vector co... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088606 | Method for producing an L-amino acid using bacterium of the family with attenuated expression of a gene coding for small RNA The present invention provides a method for producing an L-amino acid using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, particularly a bacterium belonging to genus Escherichia or Pantoea, which has been modified to attenuate expression of a gene codi... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8084499 | Modified clay mineral Modified clay minerals obtained by treating a clay mineral with a particular acylarginine derivative are useful for stabilizing emulsion compositions, inter alia, W/O emulsion composition, while hardly causing skin irritation, and providing moisture retention proper... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8084227 | Method for producing dipeptides The present invention provides a method for producing a dipeptide from starting materials that are available at low costs through a route industrially advantageous and simple. Dipeptides are produced from amino acid esters and amino acids by using a culture of a mic... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8084032 | Purification method which prevents denaturation of an antibody The present invention provides a method of purifying an antibody by protein A affinity chromatography. More specifically, the present invention provides a technique relating to an elution buffer solution which provides a good antibody recovery rate without denaturat... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8080564 | Hemodynamics improving agent Agents which contains a serotonin derivative as an active ingredient are effective for improving hemodynamics and for preventing or improving deterioration of hemodynamics associated with aging and progression of cardiovascular diseases. ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8076111 | Method for producing an organic acid An organic acid is produced by allowing a bacterium which has an ability to produce an organic acid and has been modified so that expression of yidE gene is enhanced, or a product obtained by processing the bacterium, to act on an organic raw material in a reaction ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8071843 | Method for increasing stress-resistance to a plant The present invention enables production of a plant resistant to environmental stresses including drought stress. The invention increases stress resistance to a plant by increasing raffinose content in the plant. ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8071339 | Mutant phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase and method for producing L-histidine The present invention relates to a mutant bacterial PRPP synthetase which is resistant to feedback by purine nucleotides, and a method for producing L-histidine using the bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family wherein the L-amino acid productivity of said bacter... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8062869 | Method for producing L-lysine An Escherichia bacterium having dihydrodipicolinate synthase and aspartokinase, both of which are desensitized to feedback inhibition by L-lysine. The intracellular activity of dihydrodipicolinate reductase in this bacterium can also be enhanced. Furthermore,... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8058432 | Method for preparing phenylalanine derivatives having quinazoline-dione skeleton and intermediates for use in the preparation of derivatives The present invention releates to a method for preparing a phenylalanine compound having a quinazoline-dione ring represented by the following formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8058038 | Aldolase and production process of substituted α-keto acids 4-(Indol-3-ylmethyl)-4-hydroxy-2-oxoglutarate, which is useful as an intermediate in the synthesis of monatin, may be synthesized from indole pyruvic acid and pyruvic acid (and/or oxalacetic acid) by using a novel aldolase derived from the genus Pseudomonas, Erwi... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8058035 | Method for producing an L-amino acid A microorganism which has an L-amino acid producing ability and has been modified so that succinate dehydrogenase activity and α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase activity are decreased is cultured in a medium to produce and accumulate an L-amino acid in the medium or ce... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8058034 | Mutated D-aminotransferase and method for producing optically active glutamic acid derivatives using the same A D-aminotransferase can be modified so as to efficiently produce (2R,4R)-monatin having high sweetness intensity from 4-(indol-3-ylmethyl)-4-hydroxy-2-oxoglutaric acid by substituting an amino acid at least at one of positions (positions 100, 180 to 183, 243 and 24... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8048647 | Aldolase, and method for producing optically active IHOG and monatin The present invention relates to a method for producing optically active IHOG, which can in turn be used for the production of monatin. The present invention further relates to a method for producing optically active monatin, and aldolase used for these methods. As ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8043836 | Process for producing amino acid derivative from hydroxyimino acid The present invention is to provide an industrially advantageous method for producing an amino acid derivative. Provided is a method for producing an amino acid derivative including contacting a microorganism and/or an enzyme with a hydroxyimino acid represented by ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8043639 | Process for producing whey protein-enriched fermented milk of agitated type Mixing milk with a reaction product, which is prepared by dissolving at a high concentration highly pure milk whey protein having been separated from cow's milk, etc. and concentrated and then treating with transglutaminase, then inoculating with a lactic acid bacte... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8043605 | Thickening agent Thickening agents which containing a specific N-acylamino acid (component A) and a specific amideamine (component B) are capable of generating, when used in combination with a wide variety of oily bases including a hydrocarbon oil and silicone, a creamy thickening c... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8039434 | Method for producing human insulin-like growth factor I A method is provided for producing hIGF-I with high purity and yield. This is a method for producing human insulin-like growth factor I, having a step of removing modified human insulin-like growth factor I from the human insulin-like growth factor I, the step inclu... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8039232 | Method for producing a dipeptide DNA and recombinant DNA that encode a peptide-forming enzyme, a method for producing a peptide-forming enzyme, and a method for producing a dipeptide are disclosed. A method for producing a dipeptide includes producing a dipeptide from a carboxy component and an ami... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8034975 | Method of manufacturing succinic acid and ammonium succinate solutions The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a highly pure ammonium succinate solution including the steps of (A) producing calcium succinate trihydrate by crystallization fermentation of a microorganism; (B) converting calcium succinate trihydrate to ca... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8034924 | Process for production of crystal of purine nucleoside compound Crystals of a purine nucleoside compound, particularly crystals of 2′,3′-dideoxyinosine, which have excellent storage stability and have a concentration of phosphate attached to the crystal of 25 ppm or more, may be produce by: (1) preparing an aqueous solution ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8034767 | Method for producing purine nucleosides and nucleotides by fermentation using a bacterium belonging to the genus or A method is provided for producing a purine nucleoside, such as inosine and guanosine, and a method for producing a 5′-purine nucleotide such as 5′-inosinic acid or 5′-guanylic acid, using a bacterium belonging to the either genus Escherichia or genus | 10/11/2011 |
