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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1997
Katsunori Kobayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Shigeru Yamanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Kiyoshi Miwa, Kawasaki, JP;
Shunichi Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuzuru Eto, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuko Tanita, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenzo Yokozeki, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenichi Hashiguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for processing a protein, a non-proteinaceous amino acid polymer, or a non-proteinaceous amino acid polymer, or a peptide or derivatives thereof having a crosslinked structure, which entails contacting glutamine and lysine residues in a protein, a non-proteinaceous amino acid polymer, a peptide or derivatives thereof with a transglutaminase obtained from Bacillus subtilus to form intermolecular or intramolecular, crosslinked .epsilon.(.delta.-Glu)-Lys bonds between or in the molecules of the protein, non-proteinaceous amino acid polymer, peptide or derivatives thereof, wherein the transglutaminase has the physicochemical properties described herein.