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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2007
Applicants:
Joseph P. Noel, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael B. Austin, La Jolla, CA (US);
Marianne E. Bowman, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph P. Noel, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael B. Austin, La Jolla, CA (US);
Marianne E. Bowman, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/00 (2006.01); C12N 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention comprises crystalline polyketide synthases, isolated non-native polyketide synthases having the structural coordinates of said crystalline polyketide synthases, and nucleic acid encoding such non-native polyketide synthases. Also disclosed are methods of producing mutant polyketide synthases, and methods of altering the activity and/or substrate specificity of putative polyketide synthases.