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7396670 Asparaginases and method of preparing a heat-treated product  
The formation of acrylamide during heat treatment in the production of a food product is reduced by treating the raw material with an enzyme before the heat treatment. The enzyme is capable of...
7396921 Compositions and kits for detecting a sequence mutation in cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase gene associated with altered lignification in loblolly pine  
Loblolly pine ( Pinus taeda L.) is the most important commercial tree species in the USA harvested for pulp and solid wood products. Increasing the efficiency of chemical pulping may be achieved...
7396666 Glycosyltransferase, nucleic acid encoding the glycosyltransferase and method of testing canceration using the nucleic acid  
A tumor marker nucleic acid of the present invention is concerned with a nucleic acid hybridizing under stringent conditions to a nucleotide sequence described in SEQ ID NO: 1 or a complementary...
7396669 Mammalian endonucleases and methods of use  
Isolated mammalian Mus81-Eme endonuclease complexes comprise an Mus81 protein portion and an Eme protein portion. A method of identifying a chemical compound that modulates mammalian cellular...
7393675 Corynebacterium glutamicum genes encoding proteins involved in carbon metabolism and energy production  
Isolated nucleic acid molecules, designated SMP nucleic acid molecules, which encode novel SMP proteins from Corynebacterium glutamicum are described. The invention also provides antisense...
7393671 Mutant carotenoid ketolases  
CrtW carotenoid ketolases are provided that are useful for the production of astaxanthin and other cyclic ketocarotenoids. The mutant ketolase genes of the present invention encode polypeptides...
7393667 Stereoselective reduction process for the preparation of pyrrolotriazine compounds  
The invention relates to a process for the enzymatic, stereoselective reduction of ketone compounds to provide chiral alcohols, for example the compound of formula Ib:
7393672 DNA coding for endo-β-galactosidase  
A full-length cDNA is obtained by analyzing the partial amino acid sequence of purified endo-β-galactosidase C, constructing primers based thereon, effecting PCR with the use of the genomic DNA of...
7393679 Whole cell catalyst  
A whole cell catalyst is described comprising a hydantoinase, a racemase and a carbamoylase. Thus this catalyst is able to degrade hydantoins directly into the amino acids. Additionally, a process...
7390894 Glutathione S-transferase sequence variants  
Isolated GSTO2 nucleic acid molecules that include a nucleotide sequence variant and nucleotides flanking the sequence variant are described, as well as GSTO2 allozymes. Methods for determining if...
7390892 Nucleic acids encoding novel cyclic GMP dependent protein kinases from Elmeria maxima  
The present invention relates to novel protozoal cyclic GMP dependent protein kinases and genes encoding same that have been isolated from Eimeria maxima and Plasmodium falciparum . Nucleic acid...
7390485 Design and therapeutic use of adpase enhanced apyrases  
The present invention provides for design and therapeutic use of ADPase enhanced polypeptides, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods useful for preventing and reversing platelet aggregation and...
7390642 Salutaridinol 7-O-acetyltransferase and derivatives thereof  
This invention provides: (A) a protein the sequence of which is in FIG. 8 (SEQ. ID n° 14), or a fragment thereof having at least 15 amino acids, or a variant thereof, having at least 70%...
7390643 Geranyl diphosphate synthase molecules, and nucleic acid molecules encoding same  
In one aspect, the present invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules that each encode a geranyl diphosphate synthase protein, wherein each isolated nucleic acid molecule hybridizes to a...
7390891 Polynucleotides encoding a telomerase component TP2  
Disclosed are nucleic acid molecules encoding polypeptides of the telomerase complex. Also disclosed are methods of preparing the nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides, and methods of using these...
7387893 Vectors, cells and processes for pyrimidine deoxyribonucleosides production  
Novel DNA constructs and host cells comprising the same are disclosed. DNA constructs comprise a transcription unit (e.g. operon) comprising DNA sequences encoding for ribonucleotide reductase and...
7388084 Promoter motifs in Candida tropicalis  
The present invention provides modified promoters from Candida troplicalis CYP and POX4 genes. The modified promoters have various sequence motifs added, deleted, or altered in order to modulate...
7384787 Increasing perhydrolase activity in esterases and/or lipases  
The invention provides for methods of modifying n esterase or a lipase enzyme to introduce perhydrolase activity or to increase the already-existing perhydrolase activity. The invention also...
7385104 Plants synthesizing a modified starch, a process for the generation of the plants, their use, and the modified starch  
The present invention relates to recombinant nucleic acid molecules which contain two or more nucleotide sequences which encode enzymes which participate in the starch metabolism, methods for...
7381544 Nucleic acid that encodes a fusion protein  
This invention provides fusion polypeptides that include a glycosyltransferase catalytic domain and a catalytic domain from an accessory enzyme that is involved in making a substrate for a...
7381553 Highly active xylose reductase from Neurospora crassa  
A new xylose reductase encoding gene from Neurspora crassa was heterologously expressed in E. coli as a His-tag fusion protein and subsequently purified in high yield. This xylose reductase was...
7381554 UDP-N-acetylglucosamine: galactose-β1,3-N-acetylgalactosamine-α-R/N-acetylglucosamine-β1,3-N-acetylgalactosamine-α-R (GlcNAc to GalNAc) β1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase, C2/4GnT  
A novel gene defining a novel human UDP-GlcNAc: Gal/Gl cNAcβ 1-3GalNAc αβ1, 6GlcNAc-transferase, termed C2/4GnT, with unique enzymatic properties is disclosed. The enzymatic activity of C2/4GnT...
7381555 Lactobacillus N-deoxyribosyl transferases, corresponding nucleotide sequences and their uses  
The invention concerns novel polypeptides and their fragments, isolated from Lactobacillus , having at least a N-deoxyribosyl transferase activity, the polynucleotides encoding said polypeptides,...
7378264 α-amylase mutants  
The present invention relates to a method of constructing a variant of a parent Termamyl-like α-amylase, which variant has α-amylase activity and at least one altered property as compared to the...
7378512 Production of proteins by autoproteolytic cleavage  
The present invention relates to a process for the production of a heterologous polypeptide with homogeneous N-terminus in a bacterial host cell, wherein the heterologous polypeptide is...
7378263 In vivo site-specific incorporation of N-acetyl-galactosamine amino acids in eubacteria  
Methods and compositions for making glycoproteins, both in vitro and in vivo, are provided. One method involves incorporating an unnatural amino acid having a N-acetylgalactosamine moiety into a...
7374918 Modified sarcosine oxidases, genes and recombinant DNAs thereof, and methods for preparing the same  
An isolated DNA molecule encoding modified sarcosine oxidases having optimal pH, high activity in the slightly acidic range and improved stability and a method for preparing the modified sarcosine...
7374917 Mutant 2.5-diketo-L-gluconic acid reductases  
Described herein are novel nucleic acids, proteins and methods that can be used to provide new catalysts with desirable traits for industrial processes. In particular, novel reductases isolated...
7375091 HER-2/neu fusion proteins  
The present invention is generally directed to HER-2/neu fusion proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding HER-2/neu fusion proteins, viral vectors expressing HER-2/neu fusion proteins, and...
7374933 Human metalloprotease and polynucleotides encoding the same  
Novel human polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences are disclosed that can be used in thereapeutic, diagnostic, and pharmacogenomic applications.
7375203 Canine cold- and menthol-sensitive receptor 1  
The present invention provides nucleic acid and polypeptide sequences describing a novel canine cold- and menthol-sensitive receptor, herein named as canine CMR1 (cCMR1). The isolated nucleic acid...
7374921 Cellulase tolerant to surfactants  
Disclosed is a novel cellulase having an amino acid sequence in which the 162nd and/or 166th amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence of cellulase NCE5 are substituted. Further, a...
7374923 Polypeptide  
A screening tool and a screening method for a therapeutic agent for type II diabetes, particularly an agent for alleviating insulin resistance are disclosed. A novel polypeptide, a polynucleotide,...
7375205 Elongase genes and uses thereof  
The subject invention relates to the identification of several genes involved in the elongation of polyunsaturated fatty acids (i.e., “elongases”) and to uses thereof. At least two of these...
7374922 Starch debranching enzymes  
The invention relates to a genetically engineered variant of a parent starch debranching enzyme, i.e. a pullulanase or an isamylase, the enzyme variant having an improved thermostability at a pH in...
7374932 Human kinases and polynucleotides encoding the same, and uses thereof  
Novel human polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences are disclosed that can be used in therapeutic, diagnostic, and pharmacogenomic applications.
7374899 Sucrose-6-phosphate phosphatase as target for herbicides  
The present invention relates to the use of a polypeptide with the biological activity of a sucrose-6-phosphate phosphatase which, if not present, brings about growth retardation symptoms and...
7374920 Ginkgo biloba levopimaradiene synthase  
The present invention is directed to nucleic acid sequences of Ginkgo biloba diterpene synthases, particularly of a levopimaradiene synthase. More specifically, the invention is directed to a...
7371553 Chemically modified enzymes with multiple charged variants  
This invention provides modified enzymes comprising one or more amino acid residues replaced by cysteine residues, where the cysteine residues are modified by replacing the thiol hydrogen in the...
7371571 Recombinant mycobacteria overexpressing D-alanine ligase gene and uses therefore  
Recombinant mycobacterial strains which overproduce essential biosynthetic enzymes of pathogenic mycobateria are provided. These strains overproduce enzymes involved in the synthesis and...
7371550 Cholesterol oxidase stable in the presence of surfactant  
A novel cholesterol oxidase having stability in the presence of surfactant and a gene encoding the novel cholesterol oxidase.
7371552 Polypeptide  
We disclose a food additive comprising a PS4 variant polypeptide, in which the PS4 variant polypeptide is derivable from a parent polypeptide having non-maltogenic exoamylase activity, in which the...
7371838 Nucleic acids encoding β 1,4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferases from C. jejuni  
This invention provides prokaryotic β1,4-N-acetylglucosaminyl (GalNAc) traosferases involved in synthesis of lipooligosaccharide (LOS). The β1,4-GalNAc transferases can be obtained from, for...
7371839 Alkaline proteases  
The present invention relates to alkaline proteases having high specific activity and strong oxidant resistance. The present invention also relates to alkaline proteases having excellent detergency...
7371554 Isozymes of lacrimator component synthase and gene encoding the same  
It is an object of the present invention to provide isozymes of the lachrymatory factor producing enzyme, the amino acid sequences of these isozymes and a gene that codes for these amino acid...
7371560 Photosynthetic hydrogen production  
A process for the production of hydrogen, comprising the steps of: (i) providing a photosynthetic microorganism having electron transfer capability through a photosynthetic light reaction pathway...
7371558 Process for the biological production of 1,3-propanediol with high yield  
The present invention provides a microorganism useful for biologically producing 1,3-propanediol from a fermentable carbon source at higher yield than was previously known. The complexity of the...
7371548 Avermectin aglycon synthase genes  
The present invention relates to an isolated DNA which comprises a DNA sequence encoding avermectin aglycon synthase domains that corresponds to multifunctional enzyme proteins involved in the...
7371547 Process for producing vitamin B6  
Disclosed is a mutant of a recombinant microorganism of the genus Sinorhizobium capable of producing vitamin B 6 having a recombinant plasmid with pdxJ gene that acquired histidine requirement...
7371546 Glucoamylase variants  
The invention relates to a variant of a parental fungal glucoamylase, which exhibits improved thermal stability and/or increased specific activity using saccharide substrates.