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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshio Fujii, Tokyo-To, JP;
Akihiro Iwamatsu, Tokyo-To, JP;
Hiroyuki Yoshimoto, Tokyo-To, JP;
Toshitaka Minetoki, Nishinomiya, JP;
Takayuki Bogaki, Nishinomiya, JP;
Naoshi Nagasawa, Nishinomiya, JP;
Assignee:
Kirin Beer Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo-To, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4351723 ; 435193 ; 536 232 ; 536 2432 ;
Abstract
This invention disclosed herein provides an alcohol acetyl transferase ('AATase'), an AATase encoding gene and a yeast having an improved ester producing ability due to transformation with the AATase encoding gene. This invention also provides a process for producing an alcoholic beverage having an enriched ester flavor using the transformed yeast.