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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2008
Applicants:
Kazuhiko Tabata, Ibaraki, JP;
Yoshiyuki Yonetani, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuhiko Tabata, Ibaraki, JP;
Yoshiyuki Yonetani, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 21/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a process for producing glutathione or γ-glutamylcysteine by culturing in a medium a microorganism with a higher activity of a protein having an activity to transport intracellular glutathione to the outside of cells, and a higher activity of a protein involved in glutathione or γ-glutamylcysteine biosynthesis, compared with that of the parent strain, forming and accumulating glutathione or γ-glutamylcysteine in the medium, and recovering the glutathione or γ-glutamylcysteine from the culture.