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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lingxun Duan, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Genway Biotech Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/104 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a single-chain monellin-like protein which is stable and which is at least 100-fold sweet as compared to sucrose on the weight basis. The present invention also relates to a nucleic acid encoding said monellin-like protein. Preferably, the nucleic acid further comprises a promoter and a signal sequence for directing expression and secretion of the encoded monellin-like protein in the methylothrophic yeast . The present invention further relates to a recombinant cell containing the nucleic acid encoding the monellin-like protein, a process for producing the monellin-like protein from the recombinant and product of the process.