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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2006
Applicants:
Shin-ichi Hashimoto, Yamaguchi, JP;
Yoshiyuki Yonetani, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/00 (2006.01); C12P 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a protein comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 3 (except for proteins of the amino acid sequences as shown in SEQ ID NOS: 4 to 6), and a process for industrially advantageously producing a compound that inhibits HMG-CoA reductase and has an action to decrease serum cholesterol, using DNA encoding the protein comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 3 (except for DNA encoding the protein comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 4).