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Agency for Science, Technology and Research

Lian Hui Zhang

Jin Xu

Yi Han Lin

Xianzhen Li

Daohai Zhang

Two strains of a novel bacterial species,LX3 and LX21, are claimed. A nucleotide sequence (kis) encoding a novel form of isomaltulose synthase, KIS, is also claimed. Also claimed is a method for production of isomaltulose in a plant, which method comprises introducing into a cell of such plant a nucleic acid sequence which encodes an enzyme which converts sucrose into isomaltulose in a manner which allows said cell to express said nucleic acid sequence, as well as a functional cloning method of isolating nucleotide sequence encoding the KIS protein comprising the steps of (a) preparing a gene bank from a donor organism that contains a DNA sequence coding for an isomaltulose biosynthesis activity in a suitable host organism, (b) screening the clones of interest from the gene bank by their enhanced reducing sugar content, and (c) isolating the clones which contain a DNA coding for a protein with isomaltulose biosynthesis activity.

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This invention provides a gene, qsbA, which encodes a protein useful for inactivating certain bacterial quorum-sensing signal molecules (N-acyl homoserine lactones) which participate in bacterial virulence and biofilm differentiation pathways. This gene was isolated fromsp., strain XJ12B. The invention also provides the QsbA protein, which possesses N-acyl homoserine lactone inactivating activity.

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