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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1997
Hiroki Tatsumi, Chiba, JP;
Naoki Eisaki, Chiba, JP;
Tatsuo Horiuchi, Chiba, JP;
Ayumu Nagahara, Chiba, JP;
Kikkoman Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
Disclosed are a pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase gene coding for a polypeptide containing the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or an amino acid sequence where in said amino acid sequence one or more amino acids are added, deleted or substituted and bringing about the activity of pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase; recombinant DNA having the pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase gene integrated in vector DNA; and a process for producing pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase, which comprises culturing a microorganism belonging to the genus Escherichia carrying the above recombinant DNA in a medium, and recovering pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase from the resulting culture. The pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase gene and a process for producing pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase are provided.