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US 6,485,953 B1Granted
Enzyme capable of hydorlyzing plaque, microorganism producing the same, and a composition comprising the same
AssigneeLifenza Co. Ltd.
InventorsDoman Kim, Do-Won Kim, Soo-Jin Heo, Su-Jin Ryu
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a dental plaque hydrolyzing or inhibiting enzyme having simultaneously dextranase and amylase activities.
Claims1
An enzyme having antiplaque and anticaries activities, having a molecular weight of 94K measured by SDS-PAGE, having a dextranase and amylase activities simultaneously and degrading insoluble glucans, wherein the enzyme is isolated from L. starkeyi KSM 22.
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