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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2004
Applicants:
Hiroaki Nishiuchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasushi Nishimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Motonaka Kuroda, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23C 9/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Food containing γ-glutamylcysteine or cysteine is produced by culturingcontaining 1% by weight or more of γ-glutamylcysteine per dry cells in logarithmic growth phase when cultured in a minimal medium, for example,in which a gene encoding glutathione synthetase is modified so that intracellular glutathione synthetase activity is reduced, 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.