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6153398 Method to identify specific inhibitors of IMP dehydrogenase  
This invention relates to methods to identify specific inhibitors of the purine nucleotide synthesis enzyme, IMP dehydrogenase (IMPDH). IMPDH is an essential enzyme found in all free-living...
6146865 Nucleic acids encoding polypeptides having pyranose oxidase activity  
The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides having pyranose oxidase activity. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors and host...
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...
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.
6124124 Oxidation in solid state of oxidizable galactose type of alchohol configuration containing polymer  
Composition comprising oxidizable galactose type of alcohol configuration containing polymer (such as guar) which is in solid state and galactose oxidase. Application of such oxidized polymers in...
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...
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...
6103509 Modified glucose dehydrogenase  
The invention provides a modified pyrrolo-quinoline quinone glucose dehydrogenase (PQQGDH) enzyme protein which is modified to have a substrate specificity to glucose. The modified PQQGDH of the...
6080915 Constructs encoding degradation enzymes for aromatic compounds and transgenic plants containing same  
Disclosed is a plant transformation construct comprising DNA having (1) a ring-opening gene that encodes an enzyme that can open an aromatic ring, (2) upstream of the ring-opening gene, a...
6071704 Human aflatoxin B1 aldehyde reductase  
The invention provides a human aflatoxin B1 aldehyde reductase (AFB1-hAR) and polynucleotides which identify and encode AFB1-hAR. The invention also provides expression vectors, host cells,...
6057141 DNA encoding the subunit of avian lactate dehydrogenase  
The present invention provides a gene encoding the type B subunit protein of avian lactate dehydrogenase. The gene encoding the type B subunit protein of avian lactate dehydrogenase of the present...
6057140 Human scad family molecules  
The invention provides human SCAD family molecules (HSFM) and polynucleotides which identify and encode HSFM. The invention also provides expression vectors, host cells, antibodies, agonists, and...
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.,...
6033882 Chiral synthesis of 2-hydroxy carboxylic acids with a dehydrogenase  
6033867 Fructosyl amino acid oxidase, process for producing the same, and method of assaying amadori compounds using the enzyme  
6022703 Expression of DNA sequences derived from nocardioform microorganisms  
A cloning vector contains a DNA sequence derived from a Nocardioform microorganism, and is capable of expressing the DNA sequence in a host microorganism. Recombinant cholesterol oxidase is...
6022717 Use of oxidation promoting chemicals in the oxidation oxidizable galactose type of alcohol configuration containing polymer  
Process for the oxidation of the oxidizable galactose type of alcohol in oxidizable galactose type of alcohol configuration containing polymer, such as guar, with galactose oxidase in the presence...
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....
5962253 Oxidative decarboxylation of peptides catalyzed by flavoprotein EpiD  
A method is described for oxidatively decarboxylating a peptide, comprising combining a peptide with EpiD, wherein the peptide comprises at its carboxy terminus the amino acid sequence X 1 X 2 X...
5952209 Human retinol dehydrogenase type II homolog  
The invention provides a human retinol dehydrogenase type II homolog (HRoDH) and polynucleotides which identify and encode HRoDH. The invention also provides expression vectors, host cells,...
5948121 Laccases with improved dyeing properties  
The present invention relates to a permanent dyeing composition comprising a) above 0 to 1 mg enzyme protein per ml dyeing composition of microbial laccase, b) one or more dye precursor, and c)...
5945278 Method and system for enhanced production of commercially important exoproteins in gram-positive bacteria  
The invention provides a method and expression system for enhancing secretion of hyperproduced homologous and heterologous exoproteins in gram-positive bacteria such as Bacillus sp. The method and...
5942427 N-acetylmannosamine dehydrogenase gene and novel recombinant DNA as well as a method for production of N-acetylmannosamine dehydrogenase  
N-acetylmannosamine dehydrogenase gene derived from a microorganism belonging to the genus Flavobacterium, e.g., Flavobacterium sp. No. 141-8 strain and defined by a specific restriction enzyme map...
5942262 Biscuit doughs and biscuits products and methods of producing same  
A dough suitable for baking biscuits is presented which comprises a proteinase which is at least partially inactivated by oxidation with an oxidizing agent and a second enzyme which produces the...
5942424 Method for the enzymatic production of hydrogen  
The present invention is an enzymatic method for producing hydrogen comprising the steps of: a) forming a reaction mixture within a reaction vessel comprising a substrate capable of undergoing...
5932463 Gluconobacter alcohol/aldehyde dehydrogenase  
The present invention relates to a novel alcohol/aldehyde dehydrogenase (hereinafter referred to as AADH), a process for producing the same and a process for producing aldehydes, carboxylic acids...
5928670 Method of inhibiting aldose reductase in vivo with intrinsic inhibitors of aldose reductase  
An intrinsic aldose reductase inhibitor is isolated and purified from mammalian cells, such as rat or human kidney cells. The intrinsic aldose reductase inhibitor may be incorporated into...
5919684 Process for the reduction of catalase activity in alcohol oxidase  
A process is disclosed for treating compositions of alcohol oxidase to inactivate catalase therein, which comprises aging the composition comprising alcohol oxidase and catalase at a temperature...
5916759 Cholesterol oxidase from Brevibacterium sterolicum  
The invention concerns a cholesterol oxidase, a process for the production of a recombinant cholesterol oxidase, a DNA sequence suitable for this process which causes a cytoplasmatic expression of...
5916786 Method for the production of chiral 1,3-aminoalcohols  
The disclosure describes a method for the preparation of chiral 1,3-aminoalcohols in high optical purity. The method combines the stereoselective oxidation of a 1,4-diol to a gamma-lactone using an...
5916785 Process of oxidizing alcohols or carboxylic acids with alcohol/aldehyde dehydrogenase from gluconobacter  
The present invention relates to a novel alcohol/aldehyde dehydro-genase (hereinafter referred to as AADH), a process for producing the same and a process for producing aldehydes, carboxylic acids...
5914257 Structural gene for membrane-bound aldehyde dehydrogenase  
This invention relates to the structural gene for the membrane-bound aldehyde dehydrogenase derived from microorganisms belonging to the genus Acetobacter, said structural gene having a molecular...
5908924 Cloning and expression of the gene encoding thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus 39E secondary-alcohol dehydrogenase and enzyme biochemical characterization  
The adhB gene encoding Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus 39E secondary-alcohol dehydrogenase (2° Adh) was cloned, sequenced, and expressed in Escherichia coli. The 1056 bp gene encodes a...
5897995 Enzymatic production of gluconic acid or its salts  
An enzymatic process for the conversion of glucose into gluconic acid, uses concentrated glucose solutions. The process employs a combination of glucose oxidase and catalase enzymes which may be...
5891669 Methods for producing polypeptides in respiratory-deficient cells  
The present invention relates to methods of producing a polypeptide, comprising: (a) introducing into a respiratory-defective mutant of a cell (i) one or more first nucleic acid sequences which...
5888786 Method for producing 2-keto-L-gulonic acid  
An expression vector containing both a DNA encoding an L-sorbose dehydrogenase and a DNA encoding an L-sorbosone dehydrogenase; a transformant having an ability to produce 2-keto-L-gulonic acid...
5879921 Recombinant expression of a glucose oxidase from a cladosporium strain  
The invention is directed to alkaline glucose oxidases comprising novel peptide sequences. Furthermore, the invention relates to methods for producing and using said glucose oxidases.
5871948 Alkaline reagent solution for eliminating ammonia in an assay  
The invention relates to an ammonia elimination reagent for use in an enzymatic assay of a biological substance which produces ammonia as the reaction product. The reagent is an alkaline solution...
5869283 Expression cassette operable in a recombinant host  
An expression cassette, operable in a recombinant host, comprising a heterologous DNA coding sequence encoding a protein, which is functional, alone or in cooperation with one or more additional...
5866392 Cellobiose oxidase, and enzymatic agent and a process for treating paper pulp  
Enzyme exhibiting cellobiose oxidase activity, which enzyme has a relative activity of at least 70% at a pH of about 9 and a temperature of about 50° C. An enzymatic agent comprising cellobiose...
5866406 Oxidase-producing aspergillus niger  
To provide increased levels of oxidase, mutants of Aspergillus niger that constitutively synthesize glucose oxidase when grown in a medium having less than 0.1M (molar) glucose are obtained. To...
5861487 Genetic sequences encoding flavonoid pathway enzymes and uses therefor  
The present invention relates to a nucleic acid isolate comprising a sequence of nucleotides encoding, or complementary to a sequence encoding, a dihydrokaempferol (DHK) hydroxylating enzyme or...
5858644 Analysis of analytes in biological fluids  
A method for detecting an analyte in a sample uses both the specificity of an enzymatic reaction and the separation power of capillary electrophoresis. In general, the method comprises: (1)...
5858749 Bifunctional protein from carrots (Daucus carota) with aspartokinase and homoserine dehydrogenase activities  
A bifunctional enzyme has been isolated and purified from carrots which has both aspartokinase and homoserine dehydrogenase activities in the same polypeptide. The enzyme can be used to regulate...
5855881 Mammalian alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase production in plants  
Described is a method of producing mammalian ADH in plants and a method of producing mammalian ALDH in plants. The ADH and ALDH is preferably of human origin and preferably human class IV σ ADH...
5855621 Dye transfer inhibition  
The transfer of a textile dye from a dyed fabric to another fabric during washing or rinsing is inhibited by adding an enzyme exhibiting peroxidase activity or an enzyme exhibiting a suitable...
5856156 Microbial cholesterol dehydrogenase, process for its production and use  
Oxygen-independent cholesterol-converting enzyme obtainable from Actinomycetes or Basidiomycetes which utilizes artificial electron acceptors as well as a method and reagent for the determination...
5856148 Materials and methods for biosynthesis of serine and serine-related products  
Engineered DNA encoding 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (PGD) has reduced sensitivity to inhibition by serine in comparison to wild-type PGD. The DNA encodes PGD which has at least some level of...
5834280 Glucose oxidases obtained from a cladosporium  
The invention is directed to alkaline glucose oxidases comprising novel peptide sequences obtained from a strain of Cladosporium, particulary Cladosporium oxysporum, strain CBS 163.94. Furthermore,...
5834224 Electrochemical sensor containing an enzyme linked to binding molecules bound to a noble metal surface  
An electrochemical sensor is provided containing a supporting material having a surface of noble metal such as gold or palladium to which is bound an enzyme such as glucose oxidase via binding...