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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1996
Tsuneo Harada, Shinanyo, JP;
Yukio Kunisawa, Shinanyo, JP;
Kiyotaka Oyama, Tokyo-pref., JP;
Johanna C Smeets, Sittard, NL;
Shuya Takasuga, Shinanyo, JP;
Wilhelmus J Van Den Tweel, Meerssen, NL;
Holland Sweetener Company V.o.F., Maastricht, NL;
Abstract
A method for making a stabilized neutral metalloprotease enzyme composition is described in which a neutral metalloprotease and an aqueous solution are combined to obtain a solution or slurry thereof, whereby the stabilized neutral metalloprotease enzyme composition is obtained. The aqueous solution contains an N-protected amino acid, or an N-protected amino acid is added thereto. The invention also provides a stabilized neutral metalloprotease composition, and a method of transporting the stabilized neutral metalloprotease composition.