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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2003
Applicants:
J. Gregory Zeikus, Okemos, MI (US);
Dinlaka Sriprapundh, Sausalito, CA (US);
Claire Vieille, Lansing, MI (US);
Inventors:
J. Gregory Zeikus, Okemos, MI (US);
Dinlaka Sriprapundh, Sausalito, CA (US);
Claire Vieille, Lansing, MI (US);
Assignee:
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/90 (2006.01); C12N 1/12 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12P 21/06 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides novel isolated polynucleotides encoding a novel xylose isomerases capable of catalyzing the conversion of glucose to fructose and nucleic acids encoding for such isomerase. The present invention also provides a method of producing the xylose isomerase enzymes employing DNA encoding for the enzymes, plasmids containing the DNA, and bacteria into which the plasmids have been inserted and which produce the enzymes.