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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
May. 08, 2009
Applicants:
Paul Cotter, Cork, IE;
Colin Hill, Cork, IE;
Desmond Field, Cork, IE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/16 (2006.01); C07K 14/00 (2006.01); C07K 14/435 (2006.01); A23C 19/11 (2006.01); C07K 14/315 (2006.01); A23L 3/3463 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 14/315 (2013.01); A23C 19/11 (2013.01); A23L 3/34635 (2013.01); A61K 38/164 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a nisin derivative comprising amino acid substitutions in the peptide sequence encoding the hinge region of the protein, wherein the derivative exhibits an increased anti-microbial activity.