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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ikuo Matsui, Ibaraki, JP;
Kazuhiko Ishikawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Hiroyasu Ishida, Ibaraki, JP;
Yoshitsugu Kosugi, Ibaraki, JP;
Yasutaka Tahara, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/10 ; C12N 1/20 ; C12N 1/500 ; C07H 2/104 ; C07K 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/10 ; C12N 1/20 ; C12N 1/500 ; C07H 2/104 ; C07K 1/00 ;
Abstract
A thermostable phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase and a process for producing the enzyme are provided. A host cell is transformed with an expression vector containing DNA encoding a thermostable enzyme derived from hyper-thermophilic archaea such as Pyrococcus, the enzyme having phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase activity and an optimum temperature of 90° C. or higher, and the transformed host cell is cultured.