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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:
Oct. 13, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazuhiro Ohsuye, Ibaraki, JP;
Katsuhiko Kitano, Ikeda, JP;
Shoji Tanaka, Ashiya, JP;
Hisayuki Matsuo, Kiyotake-cho, Miyazaki-gun, Miyazaki, JP;
Kensaku Mizuno, Miyazaki, JP;
Assignees:
Suntory Limited, Osaka, JP;
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 691 ; 43525233 ; 4353201 ; 536 232 ; 536 235 ;
Abstract
A C-terminal .alpha.-amidating enzyme of Xenopus laevis and precursor thereof produced by a recombinant DNA technique; a DNA coding for the enzyme or precursor thereof; a plasmid containing the DNA; a host organism transformed with the plasmid; a process for production of the enzyme using the transformant; and a process for production of a C-terminal .alpha.-amidated peptide using the enzyme.