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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
May. 29, 2001
Applicants:
John Clark Lagarias, Davis, CA (US);
Takayuki Kochi, Ikoma, JP;
Nicole Frankenberg, Davis, CA (US);
Gregory A. Gambetta, Davis, CA (US);
Beronda L. Montgomery, Bloomington, IN (US);
Inventors:
John Clark Lagarias, Davis, CA (US);
Takayuki Kochi, Ikoma, JP;
Nicole Frankenberg, Davis, CA (US);
Gregory A. Gambetta, Davis, CA (US);
Beronda L. Montgomery, Bloomington, IN (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/02 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12P 21/04 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention identifies a novel family of bilin reductases. Designated herein HY bilin reductases, the enzymes of this invention are useful in a wide variety of contexts including but not limited to the conversion of biliverdins to phytobilins and the assembly of holophytochromes or phytofluors.