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US 2003/0148417 A1Published application
Cacao endoproteinases and production of cocoa flavor from same
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsPeter Bucheli, Maryse Laloi, James McCarthy
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Abstract
The present invention pertains to novel aspartic endoproteinases from Th. cacao which are involved in the production of cocoa flavor and DNA sequences coding for them. These enzymes are advantageously used in the manufacture of cocoa flavor.
Claims21
A recombinant aspartic endoproteinase selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1;
- SEQ ID NO:2;
- SEQ ID NO:3;
- and a variant thereof having aspartic enoproteinase activity, wherein after aligning the variant with SEQ ID NO:1;
- SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:3 no more than 139 amino acid residues total have been substituted or deleted.
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A purified aspartic endoproteinase polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1;
- SEQ ID NO:2;
- and SEQ ID NO:3.
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