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6281017 1-deoxy-d-xylulose-5-phosphate reductoisomerases and method of use  
The present invention relates to isolated DNA sequences which code for the expression of plant 1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate reductoisomerase protein, such as the sequence presented in SEQ ID NO:1...
6280976 Nucleic acids encoding polypeptides having cellobiose dehydrogenase activity  
The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides having cellobiose dehydrogenase activity. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and...
6277611 Laccase mutants  
The present invention relates to a method of designing laccase mutants with improved stability properties, which method is based on the hitherto unknown three-dimensional structure of Coprinus...
6277417 Method of inhibiting 5α-reductase with astaxanthin  
A method for inhibiting the activity of the enzyme 5α-reductase in a human subject is provided which comprises administering to the subject a composition comprising the carotenoid astaxanthin....
6277622 Synthetic polynucleotides  
This invention relates to synthetic polynucleotides which encode lysyl oxidase, lysyl oxidase like molecules or variants of these species. The synthetic polynucleotides of the invention permit the...
6274359 25-hydroxyvitamin D3-1α-hydroxylase and DNA encoding the hydroxylase  
The present invention relates to a polypeptide having 25-hydroxyvitamin D 3 -1α-hydroxylase activity, being useful for the prevention, diagnosis and therapeutic treatment of adult diseases such...
6274138 Human mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase  
The invention provides a human mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase (MT-MDH) and polynucleotides which identify and encode MT-MDH. The invention also provides expression vectors, host cells,...
6274372 Rhodococcus flavin reductase complementing DszA and DszC activity  
The invention provides a novel flavin reductase, which has been isolated from Rhodococcus strain sp. IGTS8 and purified to homogeneity. The flavin reductase is of use in the biocatalytic...
6271031 Quinolinate metabolism enzymes  
This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a quinolinate metabolic enzyme. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of...
6271014 Mammalian proteinases; related reagents and methods  
Nucleic acids encoding various proteases, from a mammal, reagents related thereto, including specific antibodies, and purified proteins are described. Methods of using said reagents and related...
6268192 Delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase homolog  
The invention provides a human delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase homolog (P5CRH) and polynucleotides which identify and encode P5CRH. The invention also provides expression vectors, host...
6268138 Retroviral vector capable of transducing the aldehyde dehydrogenase-1 gene and making cells resistant to the chemotherapeutic agent cyclophosphamide and its derivatives and analogs  
This invention provides viral and retroviral vectors which comprises a nucleic acid molecule encoding a human cytosolic aldehyde dehydrogenase or a glutamylcysteine synthetase or combinations...
6265177 Enzyme assay for mutant firefly luciferase  
Enzymes and methods suitable for assaying ATP, and specific application for such assays are described and claimed. In particular, there is described a recombinant mutant luciferase having a...
6265178 Assay for determining oxazolidinone antibiotics having minimum monoamine oxidase inhibitory activity  
Anti-microbial oxazolidinone antibiotics are provided having formula I and formula II wherein R 1 is methyl, ethyl, cyclopropyl, or dichloromethyl; R 2 and R 3 are independently hydrogen or...
6261780 Quantitative analysis of biochemical compound utilizing electrochemical reaction  
A method for quantitatively analyzing a biochemical compound such as glucose or cholesterol is performed by bringing the biochemical compound into contact with double stranded DNA fragments which...
6261814 Carboxylic acid reductase, and methods of using same  
The present invention is directed to a novel, biologically-derived carboxylic acid reductase, also referred to herein as an aryl-aldehyde oxidoreductase, that has been isolated and purified from...
6258209 Multi-component system for modifying, degrading or bleaching lignin, lignin-containing materials or similar substances  
Multi-component system for modifying, degrading or bleaching lignin, lignin-containing materials or similar substances, includes (a) if appropriate at least one oxidation catalyst; (b) at least one...
6255092 Stereospecific alcohol dehydrogenase isolated from Candida parapsilosis, amino acid and DNA sequences therefor, and method of preparation thereof  
The present invention provides a novel secondary alcohol dehydrogenase useful for the synthesis of optically active alcohol and DNA encoding said enzyme. A microorganism belonging to genus Candida...
6247995 Bioluminescent novelty items  
Systems and apparatus for generating bioluminescence, and combinations of these systems and apparatus with inanimate articles of manufacture to produce novelty items are provided. These novelty...
6248575 Nucleic acids encoding polypeptides having L-amino acid oxidase activity  
The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides having L-amino acid oxidase activity. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host...
6242232 Purified Coprinus laccases and nucleic acids encoding same  
The present invention relates to polypeptides having laccase activity and isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors,...
6242234 Mutants of formate dehydrogenase from Candida boidinii, new gene sequences encoding these and use of the new formate dehydrogenases  
The invention relates to new mutants of formate dehydrogenase from Candida boidinii, new gene sequences encoding these and use of the new formate dehydrogenases. The wild type FDH used hitherto in...
6242256 Ornithine biosynthesis enzymes  
This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding an ornithine biosynthetic enzyme. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of...
6235485 Heliothis virescens-specific and Helicoverpa zea-specific monoclonal antibodies and insect identification method  
Immunoassays useful for distinguishing between the insect pests Heliothis virescens and Helicoverpa zea are disclosed. These immunoassays employ either Heliothis virescens-specific monoclonal...
6235519 Gene involved in thiophene biotransformation from nocardia asteroides KGB1  
The present invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid molecule which encodes one or more of the enzymes which catalyze one or more steps in the desulfurization of thiophene, or a homologue or...
6225099 Alcohol dehydrogenase and its use for the enzymatic production of chiral hydroxy compounds  
Stable microbial enzyme with alcohol dehydrogenase activity having an activity maximum at ca. 50° C., process for its isolation and its use for the enantioselective reduction/oxidation of organic...
6225098 UDP-N-acetylenolpyruvyglucosamine reductase  
The invention provides MurB polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding MurB polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also provided are methods for...
6218169 Aromatic amino acid catabolism enzymes  
This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding an aromatic amino acid catabolic enzyme. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a...
6218170 Laccase mutants  
The present invention relates to laccase mutants with increased oxidation potential and/or changed pH optimum and/or altered mediator pathway and/or altered O 2 /OH - pathway.
6218158 Biotransformation of fatty substrates  
This invention relates to a process for enzymic oxidation of a fatty acid to produce an oxidation product in the presence of water and oxygen wherein the fatty acid, water and enzyme for the...
6214575 β-carotene hydroxylase gene  
The present invention provides a β-carotene hydroxylase and a DNA coding for the enzyme. The DNA of the invention codes for the following recombinant protein (a) or (b): (a) a protein...
6214339 Di-enzymatic treatment of outer ear infection in dogs and cats  
Otitis externa is treated in dogs and cats by administering to the outer ear of the infected animal a dosage, effective to alleviate the symptoms of the infection, of a substantially non-aqueous,...
6214364 Materials and methods for pest control  
The subject invention concerns methods and compositions for the selective control of pest. The method involves the administration of an enzyme that disrupts an ecdysteroid metabolic pathway wherein...
6210895 Ho-1 as a diagnostic and prognostic test for dementing diseases  
The invention relates to a method for predicting the onset of, diagnosing, and/or prognosticating dementing diseases. The method comprises determining the concentration of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1)...
6210930 Process for preparing doxorubicin  
The present invention is directed to a process for improving daunorubicin and doxorubicin production by means of a recombinant microorganism in which a gene of daunorubicin metabolism is mutated....
6207430 Nucleic acids encoding polypeptides having laccase activity  
The present invention relates to polypeptides having laccase activity and isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors,...
6200767 ATP eliminator and the process for determining biological cells  
The present invention provides a process for eliminating effectively ATP in a sample, using adenosine phosphate deaminase alone or in combination with at least one enzyme from the group consisting...
6201110 Polypeptide with reduced respiratory allergenicity  
The invention relates to modified polypeptides with reduced respiratory allergenicity comprising a parent polypeptide with a molecular weight from between 10 kDa and 100 kDa conjugated to a polymer...
6197562 L-sorbose dehydrogenase and novel L-sorbosone dehydrogenase obtained from gluconobacter oxydans T-100  
A novel L-sorbose dehydrogenase (SDH) and a novel L-sorbosone dehydrogenase both derived from Gluconobacter oxydans T-100, a DNA which encodes the SDH and/or SNDH, an expression vector which...
6194185 Recombinant materials and methods for production of limonene hydroxylases  
cDNA encoding (-)-limonene-6-hydroxylase from spearmint and (-)-limonene-3-hydroxylase from peppermint have been isolated and sequenced, and the corresponding amino acid sequences have been...
6190881 Ribonucleotide diphosphate reductase, nrdF, of streptococcus pneumoniae  
The invention provides nrdF polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding nrdF polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also provided are methods for...
6190658 Genetically modified manganese superoxide dismutase for treating oxidative damage  
This invention discloses a genetically modified manganese superoxide dismutase nucleic acid molecule and protein. Also disclosed are recombinant molecules, recombinant cells, therapeutic...
6187574 Process for producing the enzyme D-amino acid oxidase of Rhodotorula gracilis in host cells  
Process for producing the enzyme D-amino acid oxydase of Rhodotorula gracilis in host cells. The process for the expression of the enzyme comprises isolating the complementary DNA corresponding to...
6184014 Bacterial polyphenol oxidase from bacillus for use in oxidation of colored substances  
The present invention provides polyphenol oxidases from bacteria, particularly from the genus Bacillus including, without limitation, B. licheniformis, B. natto, and B. sphaericus, In some...
6180361 Recombinant DNA expression vectors and DNA compounds that encode deacetoxycephalosporin C synthetase and deacetylcephalosporin C synthetase  
The present invention provides DNA compounds that encode the expandase/hydroxylase enzyme of Cephalosporium acremonium. The compounds can be used to construct recombinant DNA expression vectors for...
6174682 Thioredoxin family active site molecules and uses therefor  
Novel thioredoxin family active site molecules, designated MP-4 polypeptides, proteins, and nucleic acid molecules, are disclosed. In addition to isolated, full-length MP-4 proteins, the invention...
6174712 Agents for inducing flower bud formation  
An agent for inducing flower bud formation in plants comprising an unsaturated fatty acid having an oxo group and a hydroxy group, a hydroperoxy group, or an oxo group, a hydroxy group, and a...
6171808 Mutant luciferases  
Proteins are provided having luciferase activity with lower K m than wild-type luciferases by altering the amino acid residue at position 270 of the wild-type to an amino acid other than...
6171809 Method and compositions for detecting luciferase biological samples  
The presence of renilla luciferase alone or both renilla luciferase and firefly luciferase is detected by adding reagent mixture(s) to a biological sample and producing glow luminescence having a...
6162626 Thermostable glutamate dehydrogenase and process for producing the same  
The present invention provides a process for mass producing recombinant, thermostable GLDH at a low cost. The invention also provides a process for mass producing recombinant, thermostable GLDH at...