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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. 18, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
David B Powers, Somerset, NJ (US);
Stephen Anderson, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscatway, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435190 ; 435189 ; 435 691 ; 435138 ; 4351721 ; 4351723 ; 435843 ; 536 232 ;
Abstract
Mutants of 2,5-diketo-D-gluconic acid reductase A an enzyme used to produce 2-keto-L-gluconic acid, a precursor of ascorbic acid (vitamin C), are prepared by site-directed mutagenesis. These mutants may exhibit one or more of the following characteristics: improved temperature stability, increased resistance to substrate inhibition, increased turnover of the substrate by the enzyme and increased affinity for the substrate.