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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:
Feb. 11, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kinya Fujishiro, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Takayuki Uwajima, Machida, JP;
Assignee:
Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C12R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435190 ; 435 11 ; 4353201 ; 43525233 ; 435840 ; 536 232 ;
Abstract
A process for producing cholesterol oxidase from a recombinant microorganism, the microorganism itself and its recombinant plasmid are disclosed. The cholesterol oxidase has a particular amino acid sequence, a high substrate affinity and a working pH in the acidic range. The gene for this cholesterol oxidase was derived from Brevibacterium sterolicum.