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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kirin Beer Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/300 ;
Abstract
The production of carotenoid is accomplished using a DNA molecule that encodes a polypeptide as obtained from or having isopentonyl pyrophosphate (IPP) isomerase activity, or DNA molecule having a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes thereto. In particular, one can introduce such a DNA molecule into a carotenoid-producing microorganism, culture the microorganism thus transformed, and then obtain carotenoids in the culture broth and cells.