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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2000
Applicants:
Satoshi Omura, Tokyo, JP;
Haruo Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Satoshi Omura, Tokyo, JP;
Haruo Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
The Kitasato Institute, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N009/00 ; C12N001/20 ; C12N015/00 ; C07H021/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to an isolated DNA which comprises a DNA sequence encoding avermectin aglycon synthase domains that corresponds to multifunctional enzyme proteins involved in the biosynthesis of a polyketide compound, or its mutants having avermectin aglycon synthase activity, particularly functional modules and submodules in the DNA sequence derived from, a polypeptide or mutants thereof encoded by the DNA or the mutants, a vector containing the DNA or the mutants, a host cell transformed with the DNA, the mutants thereof, or the vector, and a method for producing avermectin.