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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. 04, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hideaki Yamada, Kyoto-shi, JP;
Toru Nagasawa, Kyoto, JP;
Teruhiko Beppu, Tokyo, JP;
Sueharu Horinouch, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Nishiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Assignees:
Nitto Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., , JP;
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435129 ; 435232 ; 4353201 ; 4352523 ; 43525411 ; 536 232 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a gene derived from Pseudomonas chlororaphis B23 strain which encodes a polypeptide having nitrile hydratase activity being capable of hydrating nitriles to amides. The invention also relates to a recombinant DNA containing the gene, and a transformant transformed with the recombinant DNA. The present invention further relates to a method of producing nitrile hydratase using the transformant and of amides using nitrile hydratase.