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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
May. 26, 2005
Applicants:
Seon-kang Choi, Gangneung, KR;
Norihiko Misawa, Kamaishi, JP;
Inventors:
Seon-Kang Choi, Gangneung, KR;
Norihiko Misawa, Kamaishi, JP;
Assignee:
Kirin Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/21 (2006.01); C12N 15/31 (2006.01); C12N 15/52 (2006.01); C12N 15/70 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01); A01H 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
To provide a microorganism or a plant transformed with a β-ionone ring-4-ketolase gene and/or β-ionone ring-3-hydroxylase gene derived fromsp. strain SD-212. The β-ionone ring-4-ketolase gene and β-ionone ring-3-hydroxylase gene produced bysp. strain SD-212 each have a high activity compared with those of known enzymes, and therefore microorganisms transformed with the genes encoding these enzymes can efficiently produce astaxanthin.