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US 2009/0253168 A1Published application
Novel Transporter Protein
AssigneeAjinomoto Co., Inc.
InventorsShunichi Suzuki, Kenzo Yokozeki, Peter Henderson
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Abstract
A novel protein which has an activity to transport hydantoin compounds is described, as well as a recombinant expressing this transporter protein. From Microbacterium liquefaciens strain AJ3912, a novel gene was discovered to encode a protein which is able to transport hydantoin compounds. A recombinant with an excellent ability to uptake hydantoin compounds is obtained by introducing and expressing the novel gene, called mhp, using gene recombination techniques.
Claims10
An isolated polynucleotide encoding a protein having hydantoin-transporter activity,
- wherein the polynucleotide comprises a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of:
- (A) a nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No:
- 2,
- (B) a nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 2, wherein 1 to 10 amino acids are substituted, deleted, inserted, and/or added in said amino acid sequence,
- (C) the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 1,
- (D) a nucleotide sequence which hybridizes with a polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence which is fully complementary to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 1 under stringent conditions at salt concentrations corresponding to 0.1×SSC, 0.1% SDS at 65° C., and
- (E) a nucleotide sequence which is at least 95% homologous to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 1.
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