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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:
Mar. 01, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2000
Applicants:
Mohamed El-sherbeini, Westfield, NJ (US);
Barbara A. Azzolina, Denville, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Mohamed El-Sherbeini, Westfield, NJ (US);
Barbara A. Azzolina, Denville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H021/04 ; C12N015/00 ; C12N015/74 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Polynucleotides and polypeptides ofMraY, an enzyme involved in bacterial cell wall biosynthesis, are provided. The recombinant MraY enzyme is catalytically active in the first step of the membrane cycle of peptidoglycan biosynthesis. Also provided are proteins encoded by the sequences, host cells expressing the recombinant enzyme, and probes and primers.