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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Inventors:
Masayoshi Muramatsu, Miyoshi, JP;
Masakazu Ito, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/93 (2013.01); C12Y 601/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hydrocarbon synthase gene encoding protein having excellent capacity to synthesize a hydrocarbon such as alkane and novel functions is provided. The gene encodes a protein comprising an amino acid sequence comprising a motif sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and having activity of synthesizing a hydrocarbon with a carbon number one less than that of an aldehyde compound from the aldehyde compound.