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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2004
Applicants:
Hiroaki Nishiuchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasushi Nishimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroaki Nishiuchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasushi Nishimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 21/06 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12N 9/48 (2006.01); C12N 1/18 (2006.01); C12N 15/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A gene encoding glutathione synthetase fromis provided and food containing γ-glutamylcysteine cysteine or cystenylglycine is produced by cultivatingmodified by means of a gene encoding glutathione synthetase under a suitable condition and mixing the obtained culture or a fraction thereof or the culture or a fraction thereof subjected to heat treatment with a raw material of food or drink to process food or drink.