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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...
6159733 Method for photoinactivating malignant cells  
The present invention provides a method for photoinactivating malignant cells in a cell sample. The method comprises incubating the cell sample with a concentration of Pc 4 effective to cause a...
6156886 Cytochrome bd type quinol oxidase gene of Brevibacterium lactofermentum  
Oligonucleotides are synthesized based on amino acid sequences of the N-terminus of subunit I, and the N-terminus of subunit II of cytochrome bd type quinol oxidase of Brevibacterium flavum, PCR is...
6150130 DNA strands useful for the synthesis of xanthophylls and the process for producing the xanthophylls  
Disclosed are the following DNA strands relating to the synthesis of keto group-containing xanthophylls such as astaxanthin and the like, and the techniques relating to the production of...
6150513 Polyketide synthase enzymes and recombinant DNA constructs therefor  
Host cells comprising recombinant vectors encoding the FK-520 polyketide synthase and FK-520 modification enzymes can be used to produce the neuroimmunophilin FK-520 polyketide. Recombinant DNA...
6150149 Basidiomycete fungus-derived cytochrome P450 genes  
The present invention provides: 1. A basidiomycete fungus-derived cytochrome P450 gene; 2. A vector comprising the cytochrome P450 of 1; 3. A transformant which is characterized in that...
6146862 Thermostable diaphorase gene  
The present invention provides a gene derived from a thermophilic Bacillus, comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID No.2 and encoding a thermostable diaphorase comprising the amino acid...
6146863 Staphylococcus aureus 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase  
The invention provides hcd polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding Staphylococcus aureus 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (hcd) polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by...
6143543 Enzyme system comprising ferulic acid esterase from Aspergillus  
An enzyme system is described that is useful for preparing food and feed. One enzyme of that system is obtainable from Aspergillus. That enzyme has the following characteristics: a MW of from 29...
6143538 Fatty acyl-CoA reductase  
A bacterial gene which encodes an enzyme that is an acyl-CoA reductase. The acyl-CoA reductase is able to chemically reduce acyl-CoAs to their corresponding alcohols, via aldehyde intermediates.
6136578 Storage-stable liquid formulation comprising a laccase  
The present invention relates to a storage-stable liquid formulation comprising a laccase comprising (i) a laccase, (ii) at least one polyalcohol, which formulation has a pH which is more alkaline...
6132712 Superoxide dismutase stabilized with fragments of casein and pharmaceutical compositions incorporating same  
A stabilized superoxide dismutase (SOD) peptide is described in which SOD is protected against premature proteolytic degradation by fragments of casein. The stabilized SOD is achieved by mixing the...
6133016 Sphingomonas biodesulfurization catalyst  
The invention relates to a novel microorganism, designated Sphingomonas sp. strain AD109, which is capable of selectively desulfurizing dibenzothiophene. The invention also includes isolated...
6132983 Luciferases  
Proteins are provided having luciferase activity with greater heat stability than wildtype luciferases by replacing the glutamate equivalent to that at position 354 of Photinus pyralis luciferase...
6130077 Human cytochrome P450  
The invention provides a human cytochrome P450 (HUCYP) and polynucleotides which identify and encode HUCYP. The invention also provides expression vectors, host cells, antibodies, agonists, and...
6127157 Coating material  
The present invention provides a coating suitable for coating woods, and the coating is obtained by dissolving proanthocyanidine into water or a water-containing alcohol.
6117661 Mutant mono-oxygenase cytochrome P450cam  
A mutant of the mono-oxygenase cytochrome P450cam in which the cysteine residue at position 334 is removed.
6117670 Pyrrolnitrin biosynthesis genes and uses thereof  
The present invention is directed to the production of pyrrolnitrin in a host via recombinant expression of the polypeptides needed to biologically synthesize pyrrolnitrin. Genes isolated from P....
6114509 Polypeptide with reduced allergenicity  
The invention relates to modified polypeptides with reduced allergenicity comprising a parent polypeptide with a molecular weight from between 10 kDa and 100 kDa conjugated to a polymer with a...
6107070 Human manganese superoxide dismutase proteins  
Human manganese superoxide dismutase (hMn SOD) having catalytic activity which differs from natural hMn SOD is disclosed. The hMn SOD of the invention exhibits reduced or no product inhibition...
6107068 Coenzyme A disulfide reductase, and inhibitors thereof useful as antimicrobial agents  
An isolated and purified Coenzyme A disulfide reductase (CoADR) is provided. Oligonucleotides encoding the CoADR, vectors and host cells containing such oligonucleotides are also provided. In...
6107069 Recombinant kynurenine-3-hydroxylase enzyme and process for its preparation  
The present invention provides an isolated polynucleotide encoding for the kynurenine-3-hydrolase (Kyn-3-OHase) and methods of transiently expressing thereof.
6103230 Methods for promoting wound healing and treating transplant-associated vasculopathy  
The present invention provides a method of promoting the closure of a wound in a patient. This method involves transferring exogenous iNOS to the region of the wound whereby a product of iNOS is...
6102690 Recombinant organisms capable of fermenting cellobiose  
This invention relates to a recombinant microorganism which expresses pyruvate decarboxylase, alcohol dehydrogenase, Klebsiella phospho-β-glucosidase and Klebsiella (phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent...
6100091 Modified acyl-ACP desaturase  
Disclosed is a methods for modifying the chain length and double bond positional specificities of a soluble plant fatty acid desaturase. More specifically, the method involves modifying amino acid...
6100074 Mutant mono-oxygenase cytochrome P-450 .sub.cam  
A mutant of the mono-oxygenase cytochrome P-450 cam in which the tyrosine residue at position 96 and/or the cysteine residue at positon 334 is replaced by the residue of any amino acid except...
6096876 1-α-hydroxylase materials and methods  
The invention is directed to polynucleotides encoding all or a fragment of the P450 moiety of vitamin D1 α-Hydrdoxylase and polypeptides encoded thereby. It encompasses antibodies to the...
6090603 Method for producing enzymes and, respectively, enzyme complexes  
A method of producing enzymes in which plant seeds are subjected to a softening process and a germination process in an aqueous environment and wherein a substance is added to the aqueous...
6090597 Method of producing L-lysine  
A coryneform bacterium in which a DNA coding for a diaminopimelate decarboxylase and a DNA coding for a diaminopimelate dehydrogenase are enhanced is cultivated in a medium to allow L-lysine to be...
6083708 Polypeptide: dendrimer complexes  
Compositions are disclosed, comprising dendrimers to which a first polypeptide is controllably coupled. Such polypeptide-dendrimer compositions are effective for controllably coupling a second...
6074859 Mutant-type bioluminescent protein, and process for producing the mutant-type bioluminescent protein  
According to the present invention, there can be provided a bioluminescent protein, luciferase excellent in thermostability etc. and with high catalytic efficiency.
6066481 Crystallization of a protein with a sulphur salt  
The present invention relates to a method for crystallization of a protein obtained from a protein-containing solution which involves (a) treating the protein-containing solution with a salt...
6063606 Retinoid metabolizing protein  
Amino acid sequences and corresponding nucelic acid sequence of retinoid metabolizing protein found in zebrafish and human are described.
6054123 Haemophilus influenzae dimethylsulphoxide reductase enzyme  
Purified and isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided which encode a dimethylsulfoxide reductase enzyme of a strain of Haemophilus or an individual subunit or a fragment or an analog of the...
6048850 Method of inhibiting prostaglandin synthesis in a human host  
The invention relates to the gene encoding the mammalian prostaglandin H synthase-2 and its product. More specifically, the invention relates to the diagnosis of aberrant PGHS-2 gene or gene...
6046044 Cisplatin resistance proteins  
Isolated nucleic acids which can confer on a cell at least a 5-fold increase in cisplatin resistance relative to a cisplatin sensitive cell are disclosed. The nucleic acids of the invention can...
6046041 Method for producing marine-derived compounds and novel compounds produced therefrom  
A fortified enzyme preparation of the gorgonian Pseudopterogorgia americana or Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae has been developed which efficiently transforms a variety of precursor molecules, e.g.,...
6043075 Endoglucanase  
An endoglucanase obtainable from Dictyoglomus exhibiting optimum activity at a temperature above 85° C. is disclosed.
6040164 Nucleic acids encoding nuclear Dbf2-related (Ndr) kinases  
The current invention describes the identification of a novel widely-expressed human and D. melanogaster serine/threonine protein kinase (designated nuclear, Dbf2-related kinase, or Ndr; previously...
6033889 Gene sequence of Aquifex pyrophilus superoxide dismutase and protein expressed in Escherichia coli  
Gene sequences of superoxide dismutase of Aquifex pyrophilus which is one of hyperthermophile microorganism and protein expressed therefrom are provided, wherein the protein is used as a necessary...
6030611 Therapeutic SOD compositions and uses thereof  
Improved methods for production of recombinant human superoxide dismutase and analogs thereof have been developed. Such superoxide dismutase or analogs may be used to catalyze the reduction of...
6025172 Isolation and sequencing of the hazel FAD2-Ngene  
The invention relates to the isolation from hazel (Corylus avellana L.) of the FAD2-N gene coding for the Δ12 desaturase enzyme of the microsomal fraction and, in particular, provides the...
6017724 Oxidoreductase and method for preparing 3-(p-hydroxyphenyl)-2-propenol derivatives or the like using the enzyme  
The present invention relates to a novel enzyme which is derived from bacterial cells of a strain belonging to the genus Pseudomonas fluorescens and which catalyzes a reaction for oxidizing...
6008006 Determination of glycated proteins  
The amount of glycated proteins in a sample can be quantified by reacting the sample with first a reagent which is a combination of a protease and a peroxidase and second with a ketoamine oxidase....
6004789 Process for obtaining acyloins, pyruvate decarboxylases suitable therefor and their production and DNA sequence of the PDC gene coding them  
A process for obtaining a pyruvate decarboxylase by isolation from a producer organism. The pyruvate decarboxylase is capable of forming (R)-(-)-phenylacetylcarbinole (I) in ≥95% enantiomer unit...
6001353 20α-alpha-hydroxy steroid dehydrogenase related material and methods  
The present invention relates generally to methods of inducing contraceptive or abortive effects via modulation of levels of circulating hormones via administration of an enzyme, pharmaceutical...
5994077 Flourescence-based isolation of differentially induced genes  
Regulatory elements (e.g. promoters) activated by a stimulus are isolated by a FACS-based method. Preferably, a library of random fragments representative of a target (e.g. bacterial) genome are...
5989881 Nucleic acid molecules encoding delta-5,7-sterol, delta-7 reductase from arabidopsis thaliana  
A nucleic acid sequence containing a sequence coding for a protein having a delta-5,7 sterol, delta-7 reductase activity, said nucleic acid being a DNA or an RNA, production process, strains of...
5985632 Peptide amidase from xanthomonas  
A plant peptide amidase from the flavedo of oranges is known; this can be obtained only in small quantities and is seasonal. The proposed new enzymes are microbial peptide amidases which can be...