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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
May. 12, 2010
Applicants:
Michel Schalk, Collonges-Sous-Saleve, FR;
Fabienne Deguerry, Geneva, CH;
Inventors:
Michel Schalk, Collonges-Sous-Saleve, FR;
Fabienne Deguerry, Geneva, CH;
Assignee:
Firmenich SA, Geneva, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 5/00 (2006.01); C12N 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of producing (+)-zizaene by contacting at least one polypeptide with farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP) in vitro or in vivo to produce (+)-zizaene, a compound which can be used as precursor for diverse compounds useful in the fields of perfumery and flavoring. An amino acid sequence of a polypeptide useful in the method, a nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide of the invention, an expression vector containing the nucleic acid and a non-human host organism or a cell transformed to be used in the method of producing (+)-zizaene are also disclosed.