Kurita Water Industries Ltd.

Taro Iizumi

Hiroyuki Suzuki

Tetsuro Fukase

Koichi Nakamura

Hirohisa Tashiro

A thermostable lipase gene coding for a thermostable lipase, a vector having this gene, a transformant containing this vector, methods for preparing them and for preparing a thermostable lipase by cultivating the transformant are disclosed. The thermostable lipase gene is obtained from a cell belonging to the bacterial strain Pseudomonas sp. KWI-56 by a technique of genetic engineering. The thermostable lipase gene is inserted into a high expression vector, which is introduced into a cell of a host microorganism to prepare a transformant. By cultivating this transformant, a thermostable lipase can be produced.

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Isehara, Japan

Taro Iizumi