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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7553656 | Mutant strains of and variants thereof, methods for their production, and uses thereof in alginate production It is described biologically pure bacterial cultures of mutant strains of Pseudomonas fluorescens, which produces large amounts of alginate. The alginate may contain a certain determined content of mannuronate and guluronate residues, possible presence and de... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7527963 | Acetyl-CoA acyltransferase gene disrupted bacterium for producing polyhydroxyalkanoate and method for producing polyhydroxyalkanoate using the same A method for producing a polyhydroxyalkanoate with improved productivity and composition is provided. Polyhydroxyalkanoate is produced by a bacterium for producing polyhydroxyalkanoate in which a gene encoding acetyl-CoA acyltransferase is disrupted. ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7476532 | Mannitol induced promoter systems in bacterial host cells The present invention provides methods for producing recombinant peptides in a bacterial host utilizing a mannitol, arabitol, glucitol, or glycerol-inducible promoter, wherein the host bacterial cell that produces the peptide has been rendered incapable of degrading... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7435168 | Compositions and methods for manipulating carbon flux in cells Nucleotide sequences and genetic constructs that can be used to regulate genes encoding enzymes that change carbon flux through metabolic pathways that lead to lactic acid or fumarate production in a host cell, such as a R. oryzae cell, are provided. Methods ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432095 | Formate dehydrogenase tolerant to halogen compounds and process for producing the same The invention provides a formate dehydrogenase having high specific activity, small Km values for formate and NAD, broad temperature and pH ranges of stability, broad temperature and pH ranges for action, and capable of regenerating a coenzyme with good efficiency i... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7422873 | Mutant carotenoid ketolase CrtW carotenoid ketolases are provided useful for the production of astaxanthin. The ketolases genes of the present invention exhibit improved ketolase activity when converting cyclic hydroxylated carotenoid intermediates into astaxanthin. Recombinant expression of ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7402421 | Recombinant methods and materials for producing epothilone and epothilone derivatives Recombinant nucleic acids that encode all or a portion of the epothilone polyketide synthase (PKS) are used to express recombinant PKS genes in host cells for the production of epothilones, epothilone derivatives, and polyketides that are useful as cancer chemothera... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7393671 | Mutant carotenoid ketolases CrtW carotenoid ketolases are provided that are useful for the production of astaxanthin and other cyclic ketocarotenoids. The mutant ketolase genes of the present invention encode polypeptides characterized by an improvement in astaxanthin synthesis activity when c... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7378261 | Method for preparing para-hydroxystyrene by biocatalytic decarboxylation of para-hydroxycinnamic acid in a biphasic reaction medium A biocatalytic method for preparing para-hydroxystyrene from para-hydroxycinnamic acid is described. The method uses an enzyme source having para-hydroxycinnamic acid decarboxylase activity to catalyze the decarboxylation of para-hydroxycinnamic acid in a biphasic r... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7368267 | Method for the oxidation of aromatic compounds The invention relates to a process for the biocatalytic oxidation of aromatic compounds using recombinant xylene monooxygenase-expressing microorganisms in a biphasic reaction medium. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7348421 | Methods for production of -hydroxybenzoate in bacteria This invention relates to the isolation of a novel tonB operon from Pseudomonas putida. These genes are useful to render the cells more sensitive to antibiotics, toluene, pHBA, aromatic compounds, parabenes, and aromatic amino acids after inactivation with sp... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338794 | Amended recombinant cells for the production and delivery of gamma interferon as an antiviral agent, adjuvant and vaccine accelerant The present invention provides active cytokine and/or chemokine compositions, as well as inexpensive means for the production, amended-cell encasement of active cytokine and/or chemokine compositions, processing, and delivery of active cytokine and/or chemokine comp... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7323340 | Compositions and methods for regulating bacterial pathogenesis The production of a purified extracellular bacterial signal called autoinducer-2 is regulated by changes in environmental conditions associated with a shift from a free-living existence to a colonizing or pathogenic existence in a host organism. Autoinducer-2 stimul... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7303894 | Detection of phenols using engineered bacteria Detection of phenols using engineered bacteria. A biosensor can be created by placing a reporter gene under control of an inducible promoter. The reporter gene produces a signal when a cognate transcriptional activator senses the inducing chemical. Creation of bacte... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7291490 | Nucleic acid fragment encoding an NRPS for the biosynthesis of anthramycin Genes and proteins involved in the biosynthesis of benzodiazepines by microorganisms, including the genes and proteins forming the biosynthetic loci for the benzodiazepine anthramycin from Streptomyces refuineus subsp. thermotolerans. The genes and pro... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285406 | Nucleic acid fragments encoding nitrile hydratase and amidase enzymes from 5-MGAM-4D and recombinant organisms expressing those enzymes useful for the production of amides and acids The invention relates to the isolation, sequencing, and recombinant expression of genes encoding either a nitrile hydratase (NHase) or amidase (Am) from Comamonas testosteroni 5-MGAM-4D, where the NHase is useful for catalyzing the hydration of nitrites to th... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282356 | D-aminoacylase mutants The present invention provides mutant D-aminoacylases and use thereof. The mutant D-aminoacylases are hard to be inhibited by the substrate and, comprise the amino acid sequences of the D-aminoacylase derived from Alcaligenes denitrificans subsp. xylosoxyd... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7267974 | Polyhydroxyalkanoate synthesizing microorganism and process of producing polyhydroxyalkanoate using the same Microorganisms showing higher productivity of unusual-polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) than ever by using an inexpensive substrate or under specific conditions are obtained from wild strains and mutant strains. The microorganisms are cultured with such substrates to synth... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7247466 | Amino acid racemase having low substrate specificity and process for producing racemic amino acid The present invention provides a protein having low-substrate-specific amino acid racemase activity; DNA encoding the protein; a recombinant DNA comprising the DNA; a transformant carrying the recombinant DNA; a process for producing the protein by using the transfo... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7235396 | Bacterium for producing polyhydroxyalkanoate having polyhydroxyalkanoate depolymerase gene disrupted and method for producing polyhydroxyalkanoate using the same The objective of the present invention is to provide a bacterium for producing polyhydroxyalkanoate with improved productivity. To achieve above objective, the gene coding for the polyhydroxyalkanoate depolymerase of the bacterium for producing polyhydroxyalkanoate ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7205141 | Gene sequence of L-rhamnose isomerase having new catalytic function and use thereof In the rare sugar strategy of Izumoring (FIG. 1), it is intended to establish a reaction system of producing rare sugars of many types by acquiring an isomerase which acts on various rare aldoses and, therefore, is most efficient in producing variou... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195898 | Method for the production of -hydroxybenzoate in species of pseudomonas and Bacterial strains transformed with the pcu genes are useful for the production of para-hydroxybenzoate (PHBA). Applicant has provided the p-cresol utilizing (pcu) and tmoX gene sequences from Pseudomonas mendocina KR-1, the proteins encoded by these sequences... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7183100 | Aconitase A bacterial protein which converts 2-methyl citrate to 2-methyl isocitrate is a previously unknown target for antibacterial agents. The protein of this activity is associated with mucoid bacteria and inhibitors of production or activity of this protein in combinatio... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7175997 | BMP-11 compositions Purified BMP-11 proteins and processes for producing them are disclosed. Recombinant DNA molecules encoding the BMP-11 proteins are also disclosed. The proteins may be useful in regulating follicle stimulating hormone, such as for contraception. In addition, the pro... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7135540 | Polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymer including unit having bromo group in side chain and method for producing the same The invention provides a polyhydroxyalkanoate having a bromo group in a unit and being thermally stable and capable of arbitrarily controlling physical properties, and a producing method thereof. According to the invention, there are provided a polyhydroxyalkanoate ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7118896 | Methods and compositions for modification of lipid biosynthesis The invention provides polypeptides having wax ester synthase and acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase activity. Also provided are the nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides, cells and organisms transformed therewith and methods of use thereof. The invention al... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7098024 | Depsipeptide compound This invention relates to a novel compound which has a cytotoxic activity and TGF-β like activity for human cancer cells and is useful as an antitumor agent and to a pharmaceutical composition which contains the same. ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7091031 | Carotenoid hydroxylase enzymes A novel CrtZ carotenoid hydroxylase, isolated from Brevundimonas vesicularis DC263, is provided that is useful for the production of hydroxylated carotenoids. Additionally, a previously identified hypothetical protein from Novosphingobium aromaticivorans | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083953 | Method for the production of p-Hydrozybenzoate in species of and Bacterial strains transformed with the pcu genes are useful for the production of para-hydroxybenzoate (PHBA). Applicant has provided the p-cresol utilizing (pcu) and tmoX gene sequences from Pseudomonas mendocina KR-1, the proteins encoded by these sequences... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7078198 | Heteropolysaccharide produced by sp The present invention relates to a heteropolysaccharide (HP) characterized in that it can be obtained by fermentation of a medium comprising at least one strain of Pseudomonas sp I-2054 (or DSM 12295), one of the recombinants thereof or the mutants thereof and a sou... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7070983 | Mutant strains and methods of use thereof The present invention relates to mutant strains of Pseudomonas putida and their use in the detoxification of industrial and/or toxic waste products. ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7070952 | Genes encoding carotenoid compounds Genes have been isolated from Pectobacterium cypripedii encoding geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GGPP) synthase (CrtE), phytoene synthase (CrtB), phytoene desaturase (Crtl), lycopene cyclase (CrtY), β-carotene hydroxylase (CrtZ), and zeaxanthin glucosyl transf... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063958 | Nucleic acids db, the receptor for leptin The present invention relates to identification of a receptor for a satiety factor, which is involved in body weight homeostasis. Mutations in this receptor are associated with obese phenotypes. In particular, the present invention relates to identification and char... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7056708 | Method of producing polyhydroxyalkanoate from alkane having residue containing aromatic ring in its molecule The present invention provides a method of effectively producing polyhydroxyalkanoate having an aromatic substituted residue in its monomer unit. In the method of producing polyhydroxyalkanoate by using microorganisms, microorganisms capable of producing polyhydroxy... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7045338 | Temperature sensitive mutant derivatives of the broad host range plasmid pBHR1 The present invention describes a mutant plasmid replication control region having the ability to convey temperature sensitivity to the plasmid on which it resides. The mutant replication control region is based on a similar region isolated from pBRH1. Plasmids cont... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7022511 | Process for the isolation and acclimatization of bacteria for lignin degradation The invention provides a novel process of lignin degradation using a consortium of bacteria. To date, biodegradation of lignin has been centered to fungi only. Degradation of lignin by bacteria confer a new understanding that may be of tremendous industrial signific... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7015027 | Radiation therapy by accumulation of therapeutic radionuclides in tumor-targeting bacteria The invention can be summarized as follows. According to the present invention there is provided an attenuated, tumour-targeting bacterium comprising a heterologous nucleotide sequence encoding a protein permitting the accumulation of a radionuclide within the bacte... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6929928 | Genes encoding carotenoid compounds A unique carotenogenic biosynthetic gene cluster has been isolated from Panteoa agglomerans strain DC404, wherein the genetic organization of the cluster is crtE-idi-crtY-crtI-crtB-crtZ. The genes contained within this cluster encode geranylgeranyl pyrophosph... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6919199 | Microbes and methods for remediation The present invention provides methods of using a microbe containing a polypeptide that degrades, preferably detoxifies, a compound that is present in the environment. Preferably, the polypeptide is a hydrolase and the compound is at least one s-triazine. The presen... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6911521 | Polyhydroxyalkanoate that comprises unit having substituted or unsubstituted (phenylmethyl) sulfanyl structure in side chain thereof and process for producing the same A polyhydroxyalkanoate that comprises a unit represented by the following chemical formula (1): wherein R1 is a substituent of an aromatic ring selected from the group consisting of H, CH3, C2H | 06/28/2005 |
