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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2008
Applicants:
Huimin Zhao, Champaign, IL (US);
Nikhil Unni Nair, Urbana, IL (US);
Inventors:
Huimin Zhao, Champaign, IL (US);
Nikhil Unni Nair, Urbana, IL (US);
Assignees:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Champaign, IL (US);
Biotechnology Research and Development Corporation, Peoria, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/53 (2006.01); C12N 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/0006 (2013.01);
Abstract
Engineered mutant xylose reductases demonstrate higher preference to xylose than arabinose. Amino acid mutations were engineered in to native xylose reductase from. Mutant xylose reductases are useful in the production of xylitol and ethanol.