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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Luis Pasamontes, Trimbach, CH;
Yuri Tsygankov, Moscow, RU;
Assignee:
Roche Vitamins Inc., Parsippany, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/300 ;
Abstract
Novel proteins of microorganism E-396 (FERM BP-4283) and the DNA sequences which encode these proteins have been discovered to provide an improved biosynthetic pathway from farnesyl pyrophosphate and isopentyl pyrophosphate to various carotenoids, especially zeaxanthin, astaxanthin, adonixanthin and canthaxanthin.