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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2013
Toyobo Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Yosuke Sumida, Tsuruga, JP;
Rie Hirao, Tsuruga, JP;
Yuu Utashima, Tsuruga, JP;
Hiroshi Kawaminami, Tsuruga, JP;
Hiroshi Aiba, Tsuruga, JP;
Takahide Kishimoto, Tsuruga, JP;
Shusaku Yanagidani, Tsuruga, JP;
TOYOBO CO., LTD., Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel glucose dehydrogenase, a method for producing the glucose dehydrogenase, and applications of the glucose dehydrogenase. The flavin-binding glucose dehydrogenase of the invention has the following characteristics (1) and (4): (1) Molecular weight: the molecular weight of a polypeptide moiety in the enzyme is about 68 kDa as measured by SDS-polyacrylamide electrophoresis; (2) Km value: the Km value for D-glucose is about 15 mM or less; (3) Temperature stability: stable at a temperature of 55° C. or less; and (4) pH stability: stable at a pH range of 3.0 to 8.5.