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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chikara Ohto, Sendai, JP;
Keishi Narita, Sendai, JP;
Tokuzo Nishino, Sendai, JP;
Shin-ichi Ohnuma, La Jolla, CA (US);
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/10 ; C12N 1/20 ; C12N 1/500 ; C12P 1/00 ; C07H 2/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/10 ; C12N 1/20 ; C12N 1/500 ; C12P 1/00 ; C07H 2/104 ;
Abstract
An isolated recombinant protein comprising the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID No: 1 is disclosed. A preferred embodiment of the invention is a recombinant protein having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 but having a deletion, substitution or addition of at least one amino acid, excluding the amino acid at position 82, and which has geranyl diphosphate synthase activity. Also disclosed is the gene encoding the recombinant protein.