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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masato Ikeda, Yamaguchi, JP;
Kazuyuki Okamoto, Veracrus, MX;
Tetsuo Nakano, Yamaguchi, JP;
Nozomu Kamada, Yamaguchi, JP;
Assignee:
Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 1/00 ; C12P 2/500 ; C12Q 1/48 ; C12N 9/10 ; C12N 1/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 1/00 ; C12P 2/500 ; C12Q 1/48 ; C12N 9/10 ; C12N 1/20 ;
Abstract
An industrially more advantageous method for the production of metabolites biologically synthesized via phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate (PRPP) is provided, making use of metabolically modified strains in which transketolase activity is deficient or reduced in comparison with the parent strain.