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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2010
Applicants:
Masayoshi Muramatsu, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Hiromi Kambe, Seto, JP;
Masakazu Ito, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/625 (2013.01);
Abstract
A substitution mutation that improves polymerization activity of a polyhydroxyalkanoic acid synthase is identified. At least 1 amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of a histidine residue at position 17, a proline residue at position 71, a valine residue at position 131, a methionine residue at position 205, a leucine residue at position 230, and a proline residue at position 239 of a polyhydroxyalkanoic acid synthase derived fromis subjected to substitution mutation with another amino acid.