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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2004
Yasuhiro Nishida, Nakaniikawa-gun, JP;
Kyoko Adachi, Kamaishi, JP;
Hiroaki Kasai, Kamaishi, JP;
Yoshikazu Shizuri, Kamaishi, JP;
Sadao Komemushi, Osaka, JP;
Norihiko Misawa, Kamaishi, JP;
Yasuhiro Nishida, Nakaniikawa-gun, JP;
Kyoko Adachi, Kamaishi, JP;
Hiroaki Kasai, Kamaishi, JP;
Yoshikazu Shizuri, Kamaishi, JP;
Sadao Komemushi, Osaka, JP;
Norihiko Misawa, Kamaishi, JP;
Kirin Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides asp. strain SD212-derived peptide having β-ionone ring-2-hydroxylase activity and a gene encoding the same, to thereby make it possible to produce rare carotenoids in which a hydroxyl group is introduced at the position 2(2') carbon in their β-ionone ring in large quantities. The present invention also provides a novel gene encoding an enzyme which introduces a hydroxyl group at the position 3(3′) carbon in the β-ionone ring of carotenoids, and a novel gene encoding a geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase.