Director-general of Agency of Industrial Science and Technology

Katsuhiko Higuchi

Ikuo Matsui

Yoshitsugu Kosugi

Kazuhiko Ishikawa

Hiroyasu Ishida

Joh Yong-Goe

An acyl peptide hydrolase having an optimum temperature range of 90-95.degree. C. and a gene encoding the same are disclosed. With the above enzyme, it becomes possible to conduct amino terminal analysis of acylated proteins and peptides at high temperatures.

Thermostable acyl peptide hydrolase and gene encoding the same

Disclosed are a thermophilic phospholipase having an optimum temperature range of 95 to 105.degree. C. which is useful in high-temperature degumming processes in oil refining process and high-temperature processing of phospholipids; and a method for producing a thermophilic phospholipase comprising culturing a microorganism capable of producing the phospholipase in a culture medium and collecting the phospholipase from the resultant culture.

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Ibaraki, Japan

Katsuhiko Higuchi