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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michie Uchida, Kyoto, JP;
Ryoko Nakatani, Kyoto, JP;
Keisuke Kurosaka, Kyoto, JP;
Shido Kawase, Kyoto, JP;
Miwa Watanabe, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Unitika Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/32 ; C12Q 1/00 ; C12N 9/00 ; C12N 1/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/32 ; C12Q 1/00 ; C12N 9/00 ; C12N 1/20 ;
Abstract
A novel sorbitol dehydrogenase having excellent substrate affinity and substrate specificity which can be used to measure D-sorbitol which occurs in human erythrocytes and serum in a slight amount or D-sorbitol or D-fructose contained in foods, a microorganism for producing such an enzyme, and a process for the production of the enzyme using such a microorganism. Also disclosed is provides a method for the measurement of sorbitol using the foregoing sorbitol dehydrogenase and a reagent for the quantitative determination therefor.