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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2000
Applicants:
Michael Affolter, Pully, CH;
Johannes DE Reu, Cheseaux, CH;
Peter Van Den Broek, Epalinges, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/14 (2006.01); C12N 9/62 (2006.01); C12P 21/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention refers to a koji mold capable of expressing proteolytic enzymes in the presence of a carbon source in at least the same amount as in the absence thereof. In particular, the present invention pertains to a mutation in the creA gene as a tool to increase the amount of a wide spectrum of proteolytic enzymes in the presence of a carbon source.