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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 25, 2008
Yoshikazu Shimada, Osaka, JP;
Setsuko Yasuda, Tokushima, JP;
Masayuki Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Hayashi, Osaka, JP;
Norihiro Miyazawa, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Abiru, Osaka, JP;
Tadaaki Ohtani, Osaka, JP;
Ikutaro Sato, Osaka, JP;
Yoshikazu Shimada, Osaka, JP;
Setsuko Yasuda, Tokushima, JP;
Masayuki Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Hayashi, Osaka, JP;
Norihiro Miyazawa, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Abiru, Osaka, JP;
Tadaaki Ohtani, Osaka, JP;
Ikutaro Sato, Osaka, JP;
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide enzymes associated with equol synthesis, genes coding such enzymes, and a process for producing equol and its intermediates using the enzymes and genes. The present invention provides a dihydrodaidzein synthesizing enzyme, tetrahydrodaidzein synthesizing enzyme, equol synthesizing enzyme, and genes coding these enzymes. The present invention also provides a process for synthesizing dihydrodaidzein, tetrahydrodaidzein, and/or equol using these enzymes.