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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2019
National University Corporation Hokkaido University, Sapporo, JP;
Nihon Shokuhin Kako Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Haruhide Mori, Sapporo, JP;
Wataru Saburi, Sapporo, JP;
Kenta Kanai, Fuji, JP;
Kenta Aizawa, Fuji, JP;
Takahisa Iizuka, Fuji, JP;
Noriaki Takechi, Fuji, JP;
Mioka Tani, Fuji, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an enzyme having α-1,6-glucosyl transfer activity, which can use a partially degraded starch product as a substrate and is heat resistant and suitable for industrial applications; an enzyme preparation for use in manufacturing α-1,6-glucan, comprising the enzyme as an active ingredient; and a method for manufacturing α-1,6-glucan using the enzyme or enzyme preparation. The present invention provides an enzyme having α-1,6-glucosyl transfer activity, which is any one of proteins (a), (b), and (c): (a) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3; (b) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence having at least 90% amino acid sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3; and (c) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence in which one or several amino acid(s) have been substituted, inserted, deleted and/or added in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3.