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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Walter L Miller, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jennifer A Harikrishna, Selangor, MY;
Stephen M Black, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435189 ; 435188 ; 530401 ;
Abstract
Fusion enzymes having multiple segments of different biological activity including one segment having P450scc activity and at least one segment having electron-transfer activity for transferring electrons to P450scc are described along with genetic constructs for production of such enzymes and methods for their use. Methods of their use include cholesterol degradation in vitro or in vivo as well as conversion of cholesterol to other useful steroidal products including pregnenolone.