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US 7,125,984 B2Granted
Glucuronofucan sulfate
AssigneeTakara Bio Inc.
InventorsTakeshi Sakai, Kumiko Ishizuka, Kaoru Kojima, Kazuo Shimanaka, Katsushige Ikai, Ikunoshin Kato
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Abstract
Three enzymes degrading sulfated glucuronofucan; processes for producing these enzymes; activators for these enzymes; glucuronofucan sulfate and degradation products thereof; and a novel microorganism.
Claims3
A saccharide having a chemical structure of one selected from the group consisting of general formulas (I) to (III), or a salt thereof:
- wherein R is H, SO3H or CH3CO;
- n is 0 or an integer of 1 or more.
A sulfated glucuronofucan having the following chemical and physical properties, or a salt thereof:
- (1) containing fucose and glucuronic acid as constituting saccharides at a molar ratio of 35:10 to 44:10;
- and
- (2) containing a sulfated saccharide of general formula (VIII) as an essential component of the constituting saccharides:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.