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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rosemarie Kelly, Westfield, NJ (US);
Prakash S Masurekar, Warren, NJ (US);
Elizabeth A Register, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12P / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435191 ; 435 691 ; 4352523 ; 4353201 ; 530350 ; 536 231 ; 536 232 ; 536 2374 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed an isolated gene coding for an enzyme involved in proline biosynthesis in Zalerion arboricola. There is also disclosed a method of using the gene to produce a strain of Z. arboricola containing high titers of a desirable fermentation product.