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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2003
Applicants:
Yoshiya Gunji, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisashi Yasueda, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshiya Gunji, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisashi Yasueda, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12P 13/08 (2006.01); C12P 13/04 (2006.01); C12P 13/10 (2006.01); C12P 21/06 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C07K 14/00 (2006.01); C07H 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A DNA encoding a variant of a protein, the protein having a loop region and six hydrophobic helices and involved in secretion of L-lysine to the outside of a cell, wherein the DNA encodes a variant of a protein not containing the loop region and facilitates secretion of L-lysine, L-arginine or both of these L-amino acids to the outside of a methanol-assimilating bacterium when the DNA is introduced into the bacterium, specifically lysE24, is introduced into abacteria to improve L-amino acid productivity, especially L-lysine and L-arginine productivities.