Back to results
US 6,143,517 AGranted
Thermostable proteolytic enzymes and uses thereof in peptide and protein synthesis
AssigneeUniversity of Florida
InventorDavid Michael Young
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The subject invention pertains to new thermostable enzymes and the use of these enzymes both in proteolysis as well as protein and polypeptide synthesis. The subject invention further concerns polynucleotide sequences which encode the enzymes of the subject invention.
Claims4
A method of protein synthesis which comprises catalyzing the ligation of peptides or polypeptides with a thermostable enzyme wherein said synthesis procedure is carried out ligation occurs at a temperature of about 50.degree. C. or higher, wherein said enzyme has an amino acid sequence which comprises SEQ ID NO. 1.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.